Samurai Film Festival
Opening Film
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai (1954) 3h 24min
Action, Adventure, Drama
26 April 1954
FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER AT 1 PM
"Seven Samurai is an unforgettable masterpiece -- the work of one of the world's greatest filmmakers at the height of his powers" - James Berardinelli
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
SAMURAI FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Friday, Sep 4, 2015, 01:00 PM
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Yojimbo
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Yojimbo (1961) 1hr 50min
Action | Adventure
13 Sep 1961
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER AT 5:30 PM
"A movie that is both a wow of a show and a masterpiece of misanthropy." - TIME Magazine
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97%
Lone wolf and cub - Sword of vengeance
Directeb by: Kenji Misumi
Lone wolf and cub - Sword of vengeance (1972) 1hr 21min
Action | Adventure | Drama
1 April 1972
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER AT 8 PM
"Mostly dedicated to character setup and plot exposition, the sword work is still amazing." - Brian Mckay
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71%
Kagemusha
Kagemusha (1980) 2hr 59min
Drama
26 April 1980
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER AT 1 PM
"There is beauty in Kagemusha but it is impersonal, distant and ghostly. The old master has never been more rigorous." - Vincent Canby
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86%
Ran
Ran (1985) 2hr 43min
Action | Adventure | Drama
1 Jun 1985
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER AT 4:30 PM
"Ran is one of the cinema's greatest works, a film of true tragic vision" - Michael Wilmington
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95%
After the rain
Directed by: Takashi Koizumi
After the rain (1999) 1hr 31min
Drama
25 Oct 1999
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER AT 7:30 PM
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86%
Ghost dog: The way of the samurai
Ghost dog: The way of the samurai (1999) 1hr 56min
Action | Crime | Drama
3 Mar 1999
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER AT 9:30 PM
"A handsomely shot, cool-sounding head-scratcher of a film" - Liam Lacey
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82%
The last samurai
The last samurai (2003) 2hr 34min
Action | Adventure | Drama
4 May 2004
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER AT 2 PM
"The Last Samurai is an idyll in which the savageries of existence are transcended by spiritual devotion." - Peter Rainer
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 65%
When the last sword is drawn
When the last sword is drawn (2003) 2hr 23min
Action | Adventure | Drama
27 Dec 2005
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER AT 5 PM
"An excellent samurai movie about a man who will do anything to make sure his family survives." - Jason Spencer
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88%
13 Assassins
13 Assassins (2011) 2hr 6min
Action | Adventure
29 Apr 2011
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER AT 8 PM
"One can pinpoint the exact moment when 13 Assassins transforms from vivid samurai drama to insane work of genius." - Chris Vognar
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%