CompleteMartialArts.com - Ancient Mysteries - Samurai
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List Price: $24.95
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Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0733961756838
Format: NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2006-05-02
Studio: A&E Home Video
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Explore an exotic world of shimmering beauty and sudden death...A place where honor means more than life itself...the world of the old Japan, The Samurai. Discover how their code of honor was born and what sacrifices they were willing to make to live up to their ideals. Why did these ruthless warriors become accomplished painters and poets and what role did women play in the life of the Samurai? Join us as we enter a realm of beauty, adventure and mystery...the domain of the Samurai.
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Summary: A&E/History Channel Samurai Review
Comment: First and most importantly let me save you Japanophiles some $$$. This doc and the History Channel doc also sold here are one and the same video. I ordered both from here and at first I thought I had accidentally put the wrong DVD in twice. Basically I paid for the same product twice...rather upset that one of the two of these channels couldnt foot the bill to put out their own documentary. This may have jaded me.
In a nutshell this is a decent primer on feudal Japan and the samurai ethos. The dramatizations I found to be cheezy and I felt actually detracted from the overall documentary. Strictly B Movie fare. Dave Lowry and Stephen Turnbull are present to give their historical perspectives which is nice and the one Japanese Sensei who is a martial artist in residence at some East Coast university tries WAY to hard to be dramatic in his interview. All in all there is some good info but I felt this to be rushed and done on the cheap. I give it a B-.
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