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Warring Clans, Flashing Blades
A Samurai Film Companion
by
Patrick Galloway
Movie treasure-hunter Patrick Galloway is back with 50 must-see martial-arts films that might have slipped into the shadows of your NetFlix queue. Warring Clans, Flashing Blades picks up where Galloway's fan-favorite Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves left off, delving deeper into the samurai film and its spin-off genres: yakuza, ninja, and matatabi. Anyone who enjoys high-action historical dramas will delight in these epic films. Warring Clans, Flashing Blades is an essential reference for fans, and even the most jaded film buff will find new films to fall in love with.
Includes:
- Canon classics, such as Ran by Akira Kurosawa
- Cult favorites like Samurai Spy and G.I. Samurai
- Film stills and poster art
- Cool extras, such as historical tidbits, mini-biographies, and trivia
- Detailed production specs
- Full index
Patrick Galloway is the author of Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook and Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand. He writes often about Asian film and culture and has been a lifelong student of Asian philosophy. He has traveled in Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, India, and Nepal.
MSRP: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-933330-78-5
220 pp, paper, 7 x 9", 40 b/w photos
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