The 76th Annual Oscars

[OB1]

You don't like movies from an entire nation? It's obvious what you just said is out of pure ignorance, so just this time I think I'll ignore it.

Watch these Samurai dramas and if you still think they suck, well then there's something wrong with you. But I'm pretty confident that they can win you over.

-Twilight Samurai as soon as it comes out in the states
-Seven Samurai (the greatest film of all time IMO, from Japan's greatest director of all time: Akira Kurosawa)
-the Musashi Miyamoto trilogy (called Samurai I, II, and III in the states)
-Throne of Blood (the greatest film adaptation of MacBeth, in a Samurai setting-- also from Akira Kurosawa)
-Ran (another Kurosawa Shakespeare adaptation, this time of King Lear).

And for some great Samurai action I suggest Yojimbo and its sequel Sanjuro, any Zatoichi movie, Lone Wolf and Cub 1-6, When the Last Sword is Drawn (whenever it gets a release here), and The Hidden Fortress. Most of these movies are in black and white, but if that's not a problem for you then you should enjoy them. If you have good taste. ;)