Several franchises of games derived from it, including Sengoku, The King of Fighters, The Last Blade, Super Sidekicks, Art of Fighting, Metal Slug, Burning Fight, Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury.

Several franchises of games derived from it, including Sengoku, The King of Fighters, The Last Blade, Super Sidekicks, Art of Fighting, Metal Slug, Burning Fight, Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury.

Judge Ooka has also appeared in the Samurai Detective book series by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, including The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn ( 1999 ), The Demon in the Teahouse ( 2001 ), In Darkness, Death ( 2004 ; Edgar award winner ), The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass ( 2005 ), A Samurai Never Fears Death ( 2007 ), and Seven Paths To Death ( 2008 )

In 2005, Hamauzu, Nakano, and the duo Wavelink Zeal ( Takayuki and Yuki Iwai ) scored Musashi: Samurai Legend, the sequel to the 1998 title Brave Fencer Musashi.

These include Casper High teacher Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom, Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Justice in Afro Samurai and various characters in DC Comics based series such as the villainous Slade, a version of DC character Deathstroke the Terminator, in the Teen Titans animated series, Clayface in Batman: The Animated Series, Jax-Ur in Superman: The Animated Series, Orion in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Killer Croc, Rumor, Bane in The Batman and Doctor Double X in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

The adult Sarutobi Sasuke is a character in the anime and manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo, in which he serves Sanada Yukimura as the leader of the Ten Braves-the same role he has in the manga and anime Brave 10 and in the film Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born !.

Several elements of Brave Fencer: Musashi and Musashi: Samurai Legend are superficially derived from the legend of Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Japanese swordsman, though the game's plot is unrelated to Miyamoto's life.

# Zen: The Religion of the Samurai ( 1981 )

Samurai ( 1979 ), Shadow Warriors ( 1980 ), Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 ).

* Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 ) as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū

* Samurai Reincarnation ( 1981 )

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

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.

Chiba's action films were not only about martial arts but also action thriller ( Doberman Cop and Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon-both of 1977 ), jidaigeki ( Shogun's Samurai-1978, Samurai Reincarnation-1981 ) science fiction ( G. I.

* 1978 Shogun's Samurai aka The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy or Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan as Yoshinao Tokugawa

Iemitsu's rivalry with his brother Tokugawa Tadanaga over the Shogunate form a part of the television series The Yagyu Conspiracy and is the basis for the film Shogun's Samurai ( at the end of the film, Shogun Iemitsu is killed and decapitated by Yagyu Jubei in an act of revenge for his father Yagyū Munenori's betrayal ).

Fukasaku continued his work with Sonny Chiba, who starred in Fukasaku's debut film, for several samurai period films such as Shogun's Samurai.

Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps.

He began to star also on some jidaigeki such as Shogun's Samurai ( 1978 ), The Fall of Ako Castle ( 1978 ), G. I.

* Shogun's Samurai ( a. k. a. Yagyu Clan Conspiracy ) ( 1978 ) as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū

In Shinsengumi: the Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough there is something mentioned about Yamanami's escape.

* Shogun's Samurai

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.

* The Zoot Marlowe series ( 1989 – 1991 ) by Mel Gilden ( Surfing Samurai Robots, Hawaiian UFO Aliens, and Tubular Android Superheroes ) features an alien protagonist who is an homage to Philip Marlowe.

* Shows targeted at children include Faerie Tale Theatre, Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyan, Vikram Aur Betaal, Space City Sigma, Stone Boy, Malgudi Days, Tenali Rama, Potli Baba Ki ( puppet show ), He-Man, Superhuman Samurai Cyber Squad, Knight Rider, Teletubbies, Street Hawk and a horror serial Kile ka Rahasya ( 1989 ).

Titles such as The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ), RoboCop ( 1987 ), Hard-Boiled ( 1992 ), The Killer ( 1989 ), and Ran ( 1985 ), became unavailable when their publishing licenses expired, or when Criterion published improved versions, such as Beauty and the Beast ( 1946 ), M ( 1931 ), Seven Samurai ( 1954 ), and The Wages of Fear ( 1954 ).

His films include Glory ( 1989 ), Legends of the Fall ( 1994 ), The Siege ( 1998 ), The Last Samurai ( 2003 ), Blood Diamond ( 2006 ), and Defiance ( 2008 ).

Briggs's music first appeared in a 1989 MicroProse release Sword of the Samurai.

After analysis of SUV crashes of the Suzuki Samurai, the U. S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) opened a formal study of the Ford Bronco II in 1989.

* 1986 – 1989 Suzuki Samurai

Sword of the Samurai is an action and strategy computer game developed and published by MicroProse in 1989 for the DOS platform.

Hoshi-no Senshi-tachi, 2005 ), as well as producing featurettes for the DVD releases of GUNHED ( Ganheddo, 1989 ) and SAMURAI OF THE SKY ( Oozora-no Samurai, 1953 ).