9781585675968 | Rev exp edition (Overlook Pr, December 20, 2005), cover price $50.00 |
About this edition: An illustrated edition of the guide to Samurai films deconstructs key aspects of the genre, from its focus on violence and death as a means of understanding life, to the symbolism of weapons, to the significance of key plot elements and motifs, in a volume complemented by filmographies, a glossary of Japanese terms, and a survey of Samurai history and myths.
9780879511753 | Overlook Pr, March 1, 1984, cover price $23.95
9781585677801 | Rev exp edition (Overlook Pr, October 31, 2006), cover price $27.95 |
About this edition: The image of a lone hero, marked by a violent past and bound by honor, has exerted an endless fascination on film audiences the world over, but nowhere more than in Japan, where Samurai films have gained legions of passionate followers.
9780879512460 | Overlook Pr, May 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 |
About this edition: An illustrated study of the most familiar of Japanese film genres reviews the history of the samurai and the various cinematic presentations of the samurai ethos and character