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  • And to all the things that are less than religion and that seek to comprehend it, to cosmogonies and philosophies, to creeds and formulae, to catechisms and easy explanations, the attitude of the samurai, the note of the Book of Samurai, will be distrust.

    A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006

  • In it the author, an elderly samurai named Yamamoto Jocho, advises his readers, presumably young followers of Bushido, or Way of the Samurai, to always 'carry rouge and powder with one,' for 'after rising in the morning, or after sobering up, we sometimes find that we do not look very good.

    Boys Will Be Boys Buruma, Ian 1990

  • And to all the things that are less than religion and that seek to comprehend it, to cosmogonies and philosophies, to creeds and formulae, to catechisms and easy explanations, the attitude of the samurai, the note of the Book of Samurai, will be distrust.

    A Modern Utopia 1906

  • SAMUEL L JACKSON is confident his plans to turn animated TV hit AFRO SAMURAI into a live action film will bring him another big movie hit because the project has been blessed by real Samurai historians.

    ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News 2008

  • Seven Samurai is a masterpiece of story telling, narrative drive, scene construction and rhythm, and characterization, with bonus prime Toshiro Mifune stripped down to loincloth scene.

    kateelliott: 2008 Film Reviews: Not Such a Good Week, That Was kateelliott 2009

  • The setup is derivative of Ranma ½ and Love Hina, which is indicative of the general lack of imagination found in Samurai Harem.

    Tokyopop Chibis: Maria Holic, Samurai Harem, Zone-00, Momogumi Plus Senki » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • OK, they took down Apache vs. Gladiator before I had a chance to see it; Viking vs. Samurai is up there now though.

    TV for Gaming: Deadliest Warrior « Geek Related 2009

  • Seven Samurai is a masterpiece of story telling, narrative drive, scene construction and rhythm, and characterization, with bonus prime Toshiro Mifune stripped down to loincloth scene.

    2008 Film Reviews: Not Such a Good Week, That Was kateelliott 2009

  • 'Afro Samurai' is an interesting hybrid we did, hoping that people would like it, and people embraced it.

    Afro Samurai Headed for Live-Action with Andre 3000 Starring? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • I want some opinions (like this one) to be as if you were talking to your friends and someone mentioned "oh did you hear, Seven Samurai is being made by the Weinsteins …" Then your friends will go off in a big debate and discussion about how ridiculous that is and so on.

    Weinsteins Line Up Shanghai and Seven Samurai Remake « FirstShowing.net 2008

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