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[2004], c2003., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Last Sam Edition: Standard version, full screen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's honor to the ultimate test.
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c2002, p1950., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Rashomon Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
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1999., Criterion Collection Call No: DVD Fic Sanjuro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Volume: 53.Summary Note: A samurai turns up in a town where nine young men are plotting to overthrow a corrupt regime. He takes charge of the group and attempts to formulate a plan to deceive the old bosses.
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-- Kumonosu-jo.1957, c2003., Adult, Criterion Collection Call No: DVD SHK Fic Throne Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodisc) Volume: 190.Summary Note: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.