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Films about the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) (6 P) Pages in category "Films set in 16th-century Sengoku period" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai, lit. ' Warring States period ' ) is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.
G.I. Samurai (戦国自衛隊, Sengoku jieitai, Sengoku Self Defense Force) aka Time Slip, is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the Warring States period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai).
Kagemusha (影武者, Shadow Warrior) is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa.It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan.
The film is based on the novel of the same name, which was released in 2019 and written by Kitano. The film depicts the historical event of the Honnō-ji incident, which took place in the Sengoku period in 1582. Kadokawa Corporation produced the film and co-distributed it in Japan with Toho.
Actors playing samurai and ronin at Kyoto's Eigamura film studio. Jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. [1] Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time.
The film focuses on the late stages of life of Rikyū, during the highly turbulent Sengoku period of feudal Japan. [5] It starts near the end of Oda Nobunaga's reign, with Rikyū serving as tea master to Nobunaga, and continues into the Momoyama Period. [5]
It has been released in the US by U.S. Manga Corps on VHS in 1998 as Wrath of the Ninja: Yotoden, [9] and on DVD in 1999 [10] and 2003 [11] as Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie. [12] Another American DVD version was released in 2009 by Anime Cartoon DVD RSP as Wrath of the Ninja without a sub-title.