* Hagakure, The Book of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Translated by William Scott Wilson, Kondansha International Ltd., 1979, ISBN 4-7700-1106-7 ( Partial translation )

Samurai ( 1979 ) as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba and Fights Choreographer

* Samurai ( Videopac game ), a 1979 videogame for the Magnavox Odyssey

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Kurosawa directed approximately a film a year, including a number of highly regarded films such as Ikiru ( 1952 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and Yojimbo ( 1961 ).

Some of the most critically acclaimed drama films in Asian cinema were produced during the 1950s, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ) and Seven Samurai ( 1954 ).

Many of the most critically acclaimed Asian films of all time were produced during this decade, including Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) and The Music Room ( 1958 ), Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu ( 1954 ) and Sansho the Bailiff ( 1954 ), Raj Kapoor's Awaara ( 1951 ), Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds ( 1955 ), Guru Dutt's Pyaasa ( 1957 ) and Kaagaz Ke Phool ( 1959 ), and the Akira Kurosawa films Rashomon ( 1950 ), Ikiru ( 1952 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and Throne of Blood ( 1957 ).

During Japanese cinema's ' Golden Age ' of the 1950s, successful films included Rashomon ( 1950 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ) and The Hidden Fortress ( 1958 ) by Akira Kurosawa, as well as Yasujirō Ozu's Tokyo Story ( 1953 ) and Ishirō Honda's Godzilla ( 1954 ).

In particular, Kurosawa's Seven Samurai has been remade several times as Western films, such as The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ) and Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ), and has also inspired several Bollywood films, such as Sholay ( 1975 ) and China Gate ( 1998 ).

Recurring mechanisms in his games include auctions ( Ra and Modern Art ), tile placement ( Tigris and Euphrates and Ingenious ), and intricate scoring rules ( Samurai ).

Nobunaga is portrayed as evil, villainous, bloodthirsty, and / or demonic in the video games: Ninja Master's, Sengoku ( 1991 ), Inindo: Way of the Ninja, Atlantica Online, Sengoku Basara ( and anime ), and the two video game series Onimusha and Samurai Warriors.

The most notable archetypes are Street Samurai, characters who have heavily augmented their bodies with cyberware and bioware and focus on physical combat ; Adepts, characters who have magical abilities that increase their physical ( and sometimes mental ) combat abilities ; Faces, highly charismatic characters who specialize in negotiations and social manipulation ; Hackers ( aka Deckers ), specialize in electronic surveillance, security, and augmented / virtual reality monitoring, combat and response ; Riggers, who augment their brains to achieve fine control over vehicles and drones ; and Magicians who cast spells and can view emotions and call spirits from astral space.

* SA ( Samurai Attack ), a Japanese punk rock band

Its influence can be most strongly felt in the western The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ), a film specifically adapted from Seven Samurai.

At three hours, twenty-seven minutes ( 207 minutes ), Seven Samurai would be the longest picture of Kurosawa's career.

Academy Award winning Japanese director Akira Kurosawa produced Yojimbo ( 1961 ), and Sanjuro ( 1962 ), which both starred Toshirō Mifune as a mysterious Samurai swordsman for hire.

Samurai, Burning Brave ( 1981 ), Shogun's Shadow ( 1989 ) and executive producer, film director at Yellow Fangs ( 1990 ).

Storm Shadow moves with blinding speed, can scale sheer walls with bare hands and feet, and is an expert with a long bow, Samurai sword, throwing stars and nunchaku sticks.

* Date Masamune is often portrayed as using a bokken as his main weapon in several media he has appeared in, such as Samurai Deeper Kyo and the original Samurai Warriors.

Many other titles contain in-game depictions of graffiti ( such as The Darkness, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone, NetHack, Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked, The World Ends with You, The Warriors, Just Cause, Portal, various examples of Virtual Graffiti, etc .).

Primary research into Bushidō was later conducted by William Scott Wilson in his 1982 text Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors.

* William Scott Wilson, Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors ( Kodansha, 1982 ) ISBN 0-89750-081-4

The video game Samurai Warriors 2 features a mini-game named Sugoroku, but it bears very little resemblance to the above described games.

If one player lands on a space purchased by another, they must pay a fee to that player, or else can choose to challenge the player for control of that space ( utilising the main Samurai Warriors 2 game engine for special challenge games ).

* He also appears in the Koei game series Samurai Warriors.

He is represented as a character in both the Sengoku Basara and Samurai Warriors series.

He appears as a cultured and soft speaking psychopath with a white painted face in Samurai Warriors 2.

The company has also found mainstream success in a series of loosely historical action games, the flagship titles of which are Dynasty Warriors ( 真 ・ 三國無双 ( Shin-Sangoku Musō )) and Samurai Warriors ( 戦国無双 ( Sengoku Musō )), the Musō ( 無双 ) series.

* Dynasty Warriors: Gundam For the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it is based on the mechanics of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, only using the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise as its base.

* Samurai Warriors, Samurai Warriors 2, and Samurai Warriors 3 ( as well as an Xtreme Legends expansion to both, and Empires expansion to 2, a PSP game, Samurai Warriors: State of War, and Samurai Warriors: Katana for the Wii.

Next he appeared as gunman Lee in The Magnificent Seven ( 1960 ), a role he essentially reprised 20 years later in Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ), both films being adaptations of filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese samurai epic, Seven Samurai

* " Samurai " ( 1980 )

* 侍 The Samurai ( 1980 ): A historical novel relating the diplomatic mission of Hasekura Tsunenaga to Mexico and Europe in the 17th century.

The Takeda style has been featured in classic samurai films such as Akira Kurosawa's " Seven Samurai " ( 1954 ) and " Kagemusha " ( 1980 ).

* The Samurai ( novel ), a 1980 novel by Shusaku Endo

Samurai appears in The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, Super Friends ( 1980 ), Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.

A fictionalized Amakusa appears as the antagonist in Kinji Fukasaku's movie Samurai Reincarnation.

* Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 ) as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū

* Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 )

* Samurai Reincarnation

* Makai Tenshō (" Samurai Reincarnation ") ( 1981 )

# Zen: The Religion of the Samurai ( 1981 )