Thank you for sharing these scenes. I am an American who loves Japanese and South Korean movies. The sense of drama, cinmatograhy and acting are the equal of any nation's work. I gladly read subtitles, it's worth the effort. How I wish I could speak the languages.
I love the final fight in Rashomon - it shows you what a real fight to the death probably would have looked like in a lot of cases. Nothing flashy or cool, just fear and adrenaline.
Normally I really despise narration in a video but you actually added to to with your narration rather than talking during the important stuff or saying the obvious things. 10/10 video. Fastest ten minutes I've spent on RUclips.
In every film, he would take down an entire Yakuza clan, sometimes even more, averaging about 40 men each time. However, his dice-playing tricks were truly exceptional.
Gohatto, 7 samurai (A. Kurosawa), RAN, Thirteen Assassins (2010), Throne of blood, Kagemusha...are some films that contain very good sword fights, both individual and in battles. Some of them better than the ones on the top.
What about The Twilight Samurai (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei") ist a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and happy life with his daughters and his mother, who has dementia. Through an unfortunate turn of events, the turbulent times conspire against him. The film was inspired by the short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shuhei Fujisawa.[1] The Twilight Samurai won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. The Twilight Samurai was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.
Twilight Samurai's fight is my most memorable simply because Hiroyuki Sanada was the poor samurai who did his duty for his family and his duel was out of desperation not bravado.
@410cultivar I agree, but Seibei was conflicted and he wanted to let the warrior go. Hiroyuki was portraying a man making split second decisions, he wasn't primed for battle.
@@410cultivar if you look carefully (and pause a lot), you'll see he draws with his left hand, not with his right, and the blade is angled with the cutting edge up, not down, this is how he was able to make that move. It's a crazy move, but it is in fact, a real move. As an aside, it is my contention that the entire movie is a set-up for this one shot!
There was a fight in After The Rain where the main character fought off several samurai who were angry that their lord look so bad in his fight. The main character tried and tried to talk his way out and used whenever possible passive combat to scare his opponents
Zatoichi 2003 is of my favourite. Great story, awesome cast, and excellent fight scenes. The dance sequence at the end with the full cast was just perfect 🥰
have to disagree, the best swordsman in the movies is Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto in the babycart series. great to see him with his real life brother in 3:003:37
In Yojimbo, I always loved the last sword fight where Sanjuro spared the life of that crying boy. As he actually showed up at the beginning of the movie who wanted to join the gangsters and abandon life as a farmer. A bookend to the movie.
I watch The Yakuza several times a year with great reverence. The swordplay is second only to moral codes and commitment. Giri-burdens for others to bear. And when Mitchum reciprocity at the end has me in tears every time!
Samurai Rebellion (上意討ち 拝領妻始末) from 1967 should 100% be in the conversation for top 3. Same director and author of #3 Hara-Kiri / Seppuku (Kobayashi Masaki and Takiguchi Yasuhiko).
There are some great TV series which I feel have much better choreographed fight scenes than most you have shown in this video. E.g. all the fight scenes in the 26 part series Nemuri Korishuro and the same actor in another series The Fateful mountain Pass, of which 17 have been up loaded. But the most recent version of a film called the 13 assassins is worth a look also.
I appreciate that these films to be mentioned are somewhat.... Extreme, but what about some of the Ruruoni Kenshin films? Impressive sword play in those.
What; no 'Seven Samurai'? 😁 The famous duel at the end of 'Sanjuro'; the SF team somewhat overdid the pressure of the blood gush, the force of which nearly knocked the cut actor off his feet. The surprise of the onlookers was a genuine reaction, so the director Kurosawa kept it in the final cut. It's recently been discovered, on analysis that a shorter katana was used in this left hand draw scene, though there are YT videos of Iaidoka who have performed it with a standard blade, but not with an opponent!
Machibuse (Incident at Blood Pass) is a film many might not know of. It is the second of the films featuring both Toshiro Mifune and Shintaro Katsu. Katsu is not playing Zatoichi in this one so if you want to see him when he is not playing a blind character this is a good option. Overall it is not a great film but it has it good moments along with some dialog between Katsu and Mifune.
After The Rain is particularly beautiful movie, independently of the swordsmanship, it has a touching side to the story and in a way is a love story too. Try and watch it if you can. In the Seven Samurai which in itself is a brilliant movie, there is some excellent swordsmanship and acting by especially by Kyūzō (Seiji Miyaguchi). All these movies in this list is highly recommended, and are a must watch if you are into Japanese movies. Some others the could make a longer list is "The Hidden Blade" "When the Last Sword is Drawn " and "The Twilight Samurai" to mention a few. Regards to all Japanese Movie Fans.
I once read somewhere that the actual samurai seldom use his katana. they use a lot of spares in combat The katana I understand was used as the last draw for a life and death situation or ceremonial purposes 🤔 but what do I know I'm just gaijin😂
Ill have to watch aome of these. A bit restricted for foreign movies where im Australia when i was growing up. Aside from anime my favourite was Lone Wolf aand Cub. I think it was a mix between the first 2 in dubbed English called Shogun Assassin. Zaitoichi was great as well.
Nothing from the “baby cart” series of movies 😮! Anyway your selections were awesome 😊 By baby cart I’m referring to Lone Wolf and Cub series of movies
I recently saw a series with Sintaro Kutzu in it called Kiitchi Hogan the mute Samurai. It contained much of his unique sword play and acting. I half expected to see another series where he plays a deaf samurai also. That can be see in the you tube channel: Samurai vs Ninja, but only until the 17/7.
When ever I watch Hiroyuki Sanada , I can't shake the feeling he's a man born in the wrong time. His acting is that refined to me.
Thank you for sharing these scenes. I am an American who loves Japanese and South Korean movies. The sense of drama, cinmatograhy and acting are the equal of any nation's work. I gladly read subtitles, it's worth the effort. How I wish I could speak the languages.
Thank you 😊
勝新の一文銭斬りカッコよすぎるやろ
勝新はちょっと群を抜いてますよね。
盲目の剣の達人という斬新な設定が最高だし、殺陣がとんでもないレベル。
天才すぎます
Zatoichi is one of my favorite characters and Toshiro Mifune is one of my favorite actors. Glad to see both here with repeat appearances.
I'm the same!
I love the final fight in Rashomon - it shows you what a real fight to the death probably would have looked like in a lot of cases. Nothing flashy or cool, just fear and adrenaline.
Normally I really despise narration in a video but you actually added to to with your narration rather than talking during the important stuff or saying the obvious things. 10/10 video. Fastest ten minutes I've spent on RUclips.
For me, Zatoichi by Shintaro Katsu, is number one. Grettings from Spain 🖐️
In every film, he would take down an entire Yakuza clan, sometimes even more, averaging about 40 men each time. However, his dice-playing tricks were truly exceptional.
オリジナル座頭市(1960年代)が個人的にNo.1👍️
3:22 居合(iai)
刀(katana)での戦いは「ズバ！ドシャ！」とかの派手な音では無く「シュパ！ヌチャ！」とかの地味な音の方がリアル。
木の鞘と鋼なのに刀の抜き差しの際に金属的なシャリーンという効果音を付けるようになったのはいつ頃からか。あれを聞くと興醒めします。
Sanjuro is one of my All Time top 5 movies……a must watch!
The character actors both male & female made "After the rain" a fantastic movie ... Definitely a favourite of mine👍
Excellent selection...watched all of these when I was a kid...true classics and the actors were true masters
雨あがる を挙げてくれるの嬉しいな。
あれホントいい映画なんよ。
Video fantástico, espectacular.❤️👍👍👍
I had to play 3:23 back at 1/4 speed just to see what he did.
If you're post is about legendary Japanese sword fighting with movies I recommend SHOGUN ASSASSINS. THE HUNTED. and BLIND FURY.
「たそがれ清兵衛」は？
Why not the Twilight Samurai?
Gohatto, 7 samurai (A. Kurosawa), RAN, Thirteen Assassins (2010), Throne of blood, Kagemusha...are some films that contain very good sword fights, both individual and in battles.
Some of them better than the ones on the top.
What about The Twilight Samurai (たそがれ清兵衛, literally "Twilight Seibei") ist a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and happy life with his daughters and his mother, who has dementia. Through an unfortunate turn of events, the turbulent times conspire against him.
The film was inspired by the short story "The Bamboo Sword" by Shuhei Fujisawa.[1] The Twilight Samurai won an unprecedented 12 Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. The Twilight Samurai was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.
Twilight Samurai's fight is my most memorable simply because Hiroyuki Sanada was the poor samurai who did his duty for his family and his duel was out of desperation not bravado.
That’s a great samurai and one of my favorites. The music is absolutely beautiful. 😉
Yes!!!!
That fight at the end where dude uses two hands on the wakazashi made no sense tho
@410cultivar I agree, but Seibei was conflicted and he wanted to let the warrior go. Hiroyuki was portraying a man making split second decisions, he wasn't primed for battle.
@@410cultivar if you look carefully (and pause a lot), you'll see he draws with his left hand, not with his right, and the blade is angled with the cutting edge up, not down, this is how he was able to make that move. It's a crazy move, but it is in fact, a real move. As an aside, it is my contention that the entire movie is a set-up for this one shot!
勝新の抜刀が見えない。
There was a fight in After The Rain where the main character fought off several samurai who were angry that their lord look so bad in his fight. The main character tried and tried to talk his way out and used whenever possible passive combat to scare his opponents
On top of that, he used the blunt side of his sword.
勝新太郎の座頭市のファンですが、作品紹介されなかった『鬼平犯科帳』シリーズ、『雨の首ふり坂』『武士の一分』も好きです
I may not be Japanese but I know great movies. Great picks.
7人の侍の、刀を何本か地面にぶっ刺して置くシーンが、なんかリアルで好き。
Zatoichi 2003 is of my favourite. Great story, awesome cast, and excellent fight scenes. The dance sequence at the end with the full cast was just perfect 🥰
3:00, the real divine level of that swordmanship is when you play this video at twice the speed, lol
have to disagree, the best swordsman in the movies is Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto in the babycart series. great to see him with his real life brother in 3:00 3:37
You are correct. He and his brother are the best hands down
100% agree. I've watched the 6 movies many times.
Lone Wolf and Cub was the series….the first two are sometimes together as Shogun Assasin
Thank you for this list. I'll go search for these movies now.
申し訳無いがCGで誤魔化していた北野武版の座頭市がこんなに入っているのは日本人としては納得がいかない限り。若山富三郎さんの子連れ狼シリーズや、殺陣師界隈では大半「最高傑作」と評する深作版「魔界転生」が入って無いのが残念です。
北野版座頭市は海外で賞まで取ったのが理解できない
どこがそんなに評価ポイントなのか
@@deadby15
ほんとですよ。芸能界の大物だから忖度しているとしか…
若山富三郎の子連れ狼シリーズが入ってないのは納得できないですよね
So far so good. Havent had to use any of this😊
Beautiful Japanese Samurai culture.........
3:23
抜刀速すぎ
The coin splitting scene always did it for me!⚡⚡⚡
60年代の映画はいずれも後の監督たちに影響を与えたなあ。
アニメなどでも同じ画角の絵を描いた監督がいる。
切腹はWOWOWでやってるのたまたま観て目が離せなくなった作品やったわ
早回しかと思ったら、蝋燭の火の動きに一才の違和感が無いから本当に素早い動きなんだね。
Can't believe that coin cut scene is 60 years old. Wow.
Same film with his duck dancing scene. 😆
The scene with the Shogun Episode 9 two armored samurai is also great.
In Yojimbo, I always loved the last sword fight where Sanjuro spared the life of that crying boy. As he actually showed up at the beginning of the movie who wanted to join the gangsters and abandon life as a farmer. A bookend to the movie.
あの、泣いていた若いヤクザは後にパリ・ダカールラリーに参加します。
A gdzie pojedynek z "Siedmiu samurajów"? Początki filmu, gdy szukali chętnych. Niestety, nie pamiętam jak się aktor nazywał.
& Kenshin Fights ?
Haha nope
Alguien sabe si el actor del minuto 6:59 es Tatsuya Nakadai ?
He is also the antagonist of Youjinbou and Sanjuro.
やっぱ勝新よ
魔界転生の千葉真一と若山富三郎の柳生親子対決も入れたい。
知らなかった
息を呑むね昔の時代劇は
演技力も刀さばきも素晴らしい
One of my favourite scenes is from the Yakuza 1974. Where Ken takakura takes on multiple Yakuza.
My favorite scene, from Sword of Doom, when Toshiro Mifune takes out the gang, the man was death in human form there.
Me too, Takakura Ken with katana and Robert Mitchum a double barrel shotgun and a .45 Colt.
Vs a whole bunch of yakuza
I watch The Yakuza several times a year with great reverence. The swordplay is second only to moral codes and commitment. Giri-burdens for others to bear. And when Mitchum reciprocity at the end has me in tears every time!
Hey, no love for the "Lone Wolf & Cub" movies (not the show)? They also have some incredible sword fight scenes in it.
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolutely 👍🏼
Not having the Lone Wolf is a great miss
Классная серия , не хуже Затоичи.
Samurai Rebellion (上意討ち 拝領妻始末) from 1967 should 100% be in the conversation for top 3. Same director and author of #3 Hara-Kiri / Seppuku (Kobayashi Masaki and Takiguchi Yasuhiko).
椿三十郎の居合戦は鳥肌もののカッコよさ。長い硬直が緊張感を与え一気に決着。かっこええわぁ
I'm happy I can see Yabushige again here. lol
No from battousai kenshin?
aka Samurai X...
whats witm the over the top cgi blood? Some manga thing?
There are some great TV series which I feel have much better choreographed fight scenes than most you have shown in this video. E.g. all the fight scenes in the 26 part series Nemuri Korishuro and the same actor in another series The Fateful mountain Pass, of which 17 have been up loaded. But the most recent version of a film called the 13 assassins is worth a look also.
Anyone else watch the mute samurai kiichi hogen? I started watching it recently and i think its pretty good.
This is completely wrong. Because it does not include 散り椿
How about shinobido blade under heart?
I appreciate that these films to be mentioned are somewhat.... Extreme, but what about some of the Ruruoni Kenshin films? Impressive sword play in those.
よく見てますなぁ😮
What; no 'Seven Samurai'? 😁
The famous duel at the end of 'Sanjuro'; the SF team somewhat overdid the pressure of the blood gush, the force of which nearly knocked the cut actor off his feet. The surprise of the onlookers was a genuine reaction, so the director Kurosawa kept it in the final cut. It's recently been discovered, on analysis that a shorter katana was used in this left hand draw scene, though there are YT videos of Iaidoka who have performed it with a standard blade, but not with an opponent!
Time for a part 2
Great collection! I tried hard to dispute the ranking, but could not 👍
❤️❤️
Toshiro Mifune, der beste
「7人の侍」DVDを見直します。今まで気付け無かった素晴らしさを味わいたいです。
Смешно
三船のぶっ叩くような殺陣が好きだ。
2:03 アサシンクリードシャドウズの制作者は、
まさかこの映像を見て「日本では日常的に斬首が行われていた」などと解釈したのではあるいまいな。
>>> Pencerahan (Karakteristik) Aikido Sumo (Meditasi) (Kendo)
Machibuse (Incident at Blood Pass) is a film many might not know of. It is the second of the films featuring both Toshiro Mifune and Shintaro Katsu. Katsu is not playing Zatoichi in this one so if you want to see him when he is not playing a blind character this is a good option. Overall it is not a great film but it has it good moments along with some dialog between Katsu and Mifune.
After The Rain is particularly beautiful movie, independently of the swordsmanship, it has a touching side to the story and in a way is a love story too. Try and watch it if you can. In the Seven Samurai which in itself is a brilliant movie, there is some excellent swordsmanship and acting by especially by Kyūzō (Seiji Miyaguchi). All these movies in this list is highly recommended, and are a must watch if you are into Japanese movies. Some others the could make a longer list is "The Hidden Blade" "When the Last Sword is Drawn " and "The Twilight Samurai" to mention a few. Regards to all Japanese Movie Fans.
Many thanks for this vídeo. I searched for the first duel for ages, never found the movie name 👍🏻🏆😉.
❤️❤️
Nothing from 13 Assassins?
若山富三郎の子連れ狼や丹波哲郎、平幹二朗、長門勇の三匹の侍が無いのはちょっと寂しい
Zatoichi (1989) is notoriously famous for its highly controversial production, during which an actor accidentally died from a real sword.
勝新太郎の息子さんと殺陣師が練習中に起きしまった事故です。あの頃の勝新太郎は本当に運が落ちていた。おそらく黒澤明の「影武者」の主演を降板してから、運気が落ちた。
#2 is Awesome!
Can we have an honourable mention. The train scene in the Hunted. With the music of The Great Japanese Band KODO in the background. Ossss!!!!
Shintaro Katsu was one of the best, his brother Tomisaburo Wakayama was excellent as well.
#2....even slow down it is hard to see the motion....
Twilight Samurai not on the list?
thank you very much for the introduction!
These are good, but you're missing any of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies, and the movie The Hidden Blade.
I once read somewhere that the actual samurai seldom use his katana. they use a lot of spares in combat The katana I understand was used as the last draw for a life and death situation or ceremonial purposes 🤔 but what do I know I'm just gaijin😂
Hmm. How about The Twilight Samurai? Gotta be one of my favorites.
10/10 thank you you included very good movies
Ill have to watch aome of these. A bit restricted for foreign movies where im Australia when i was growing up. Aside from anime my favourite was Lone Wolf aand Cub. I think it was a mix between the first 2 in dubbed English called Shogun Assassin. Zaitoichi was great as well.
2:00
Man:Your time has past.
Samurai:Your time is up 😆😂
No shogun assassins!?
I would include 13 Assassins as well. One of my favorites.
Obviously, you're just obsessed with the blind samurai. Which is sad.....they are good, but not great examples of good sword use
Blind fury?
What you find out in the end of the film might change your mind
Nothing from the “baby cart” series of movies 😮! Anyway your selections were awesome 😊 By baby cart I’m referring to Lone Wolf and Cub series of movies
KATANA #8 THE LAST SAMURAI , ONE MOVE AND HIS HEAD CAME OFFFF !!!😮😮
En mi país ,censuraron esa escena,la primera vez que la veo,y vi la película más de 10 veces
Thank you!
The gushing blood in Sanjiro was originally a malfunction but became a staple in martial arts/samurai movies.
Kyuzo's duel in Seven Samurai is the best
I would add Ken Takakura, in the last fight of "The Yakusa" (1974)
高橋英樹の殺陣は豪快で好き
三匹が斬る！とか桃太郎侍が良き
近衛十四郎を忘れていませんか…？
全くです
Awesome
You have a great pronunciation
I recently saw a series with Sintaro Kutzu in it called Kiitchi Hogan the mute Samurai. It contained much of his unique sword play and acting. I half expected to see another series where he plays a deaf samurai also. That can be see in the you tube channel: Samurai vs Ninja, but only until the 17/7.
Katsu is in a few of the episodes but the main character is played by his older brother Tomisaboro Wakayama. It's worth watching for sure.
千葉真一も取り上げてください。「魔界転生」や「柳生一族の陰謀」で隻眼の剣士でアクションしています。
No Wakayama Tomisaburo(Kozure Okami)??
What no scenes from aborenbo shogun