Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Filmmakers all over the world have been inspired by Japanese movies ...

It's hard to nominate the four most significant samurai movies of all time, but you do have to consider classics like Seven ...

Star Wars creator George Lucas was hugely influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa, and ended up working with him to make a great samurai movie.

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You've been involved with several different genres. A samurai epic is certainly one of those things that I feel is a bit trickier to master. What are your biggest influences as far as filmmakers or ...