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    Onitama

    Onitama

    8.4 (8 Ratings) Rate It

    Tabletop Game

    Carved into the crags of the mist-shrouded mountains of ancient Japan lies the Shrine of Onitama. It...

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David McK (3369 KP) rated Ghost of Tsushima in Video Games

Jan 27, 2023  
Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima
2020 | Action/Adventure
9
9.2 (11 Ratings)
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Sucker Punch's open-world game, set during the 13th century Mongol invasion of Japan, and in which the player takes on the role of the samurai Jin Sakai, who must go against the way of his ancestors and his training to stop said invasion.

Think Assassin's Creed (though you're not an assassin. Not that the later entries in that series had you as being one anyway ...), but without the whole Animus concept, or the underpinning Assassin/Templar conflict or the modern day elements.

It's also quite immersive with the Guiding Wind concept leading you to whatever location you had set, instead of cluttering up the screen with a HUD, and the story itself is well told.

Now to try out the Iki Island expansion ...
  
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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated 47 Ronin (2013) in Movies

Jun 14, 2019  
47 Ronin (2013)
47 Ronin (2013)
2013 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
8
6.5 (17 Ratings)
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Entertaining
I've read reviews of this movie and they mostly were not good. I honestly don't know why. Perhaps people were trying to take it too seriously? Anyway, I enjoyed it very much. A fun fantasy story filled with magic, monsters, samurai and of course, sword fights. I have always enjoyed samurai movies(Seven Samurai is my absolute favorite). This one was just a lot of fun. The acting and cinematography were well done and the story flowed nicely. Plenty of intense action and it even had a love story. Didn't have the happiest of endings but not all movies do. Supposedly based on a historical group of samurai in Japan but, of course, with some great fantastical story telling weaved throughout. This one is definitely worth a watch!
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) in Movies

Feb 14, 2018 (Updated Feb 14, 2018)  
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
1995 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
9
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Turtle Recall
Hugely confident reinvention not just of Gamera the flying turtle but also, maybe, the whole kaiju movie genre. Japan is plagued by man-eating Gyaos birds, finds unexpected assistance when floating island turns out to be giant flying turtle with plasma fireball breath. Stage is set for climactic showdown between Gamera and the last, colossal Gyaos in downtown Tokyo (of course).

Altogether much lighter on its feet than Toho's Godzilla movies from the same period; makers have clearly studied the tropes of the genre and reinvent and deploy them to great effect. Hugely enjoyable monster action sequences, solid work from the human cast as well (Steven Seagal's daughter Ayako Fujitani is clearly the one in the family with acting talent). The two sequels are possibly even better.