A samurai pic for the post-"Jackass"/"Takeshi's Castle" extreme-stunts generation, Japanese production "Scabbard Samurai" reps an odd blend of goofy, sometimes cruel ...

Hitoshi Matsumoto, the Japanese writer/director responsible for 2009's hilarious Symbol, follows up with a hybrid of crazy comedy and father-daughter sentimentality. By THR Staff LOCARNO — Lovely work ...

Sometimes foreign language films simply exist across an insurmountable cultural divide that renders them indecipherable here. Hitoshi Matsumoto‘s Saya-zamurai [Scabbard Samurai] perfectly exemplifies ...

From the crazy brilliant mind behind Big Man Japan, which is being remade, and Symbol, comes another new film titled Scabbard Samurai, which we have a trailer for thanks to SlashFilm. This time, ...

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. With a past that made him throw away his sword and refuse to fight, he now journeys to nowhere with Tae, his only daughter. Kanjuro becomes a ...

Kanjuro Nomi (Takaaki Nomi) is a samurai without honour: after the death of his wife, he threw away his sword and vowed never to fight again. He fled from his lord and now roams the land with his ...