Japanese Samurai Film Studies

Since 1951, Akira Kurosawa with "Rashomon" won the Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Award, Japan's samurai films began to be a global concern, since then, Japanese samurai movies into a glorious era. In the new century, the Japanese people of all ages have been directed into the creation of samurai films, and has been impressive, more than samurai films have in the international film festival awards. Samurai, martial arts movies to create a precedent for the East, the Orient for the first time the film attracted international attention. Warrior culture is representative of Japanese culture, but also understand the Japanese people for the people in the world, a common channel. The same as a Japanese samurai film in Japanese film shine a specific symbols. This paper will be the subject of Japanese samurai movies, view violence and death complex start-depth analysis of Japanese samurai movies and revealed within the unique cultural phenomenon. Analysis of the Japanese samurai films and research, enables us to more clearly grasp and understanding of Japanese samurai movies and samurai culture.