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Finally, a book about the ever-popular genre of samurai film. Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves provides essential background on the samurai warrior in Japanese culture to help explain what makes these tales of loyalty, revenge and explosive swordsmanship so watchable. It covers top directors and stars and has over 50 original reviews of a wide variety of films, from classics like
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Paperback, 240 pages
Published
May 1st 2005
by Stone Bridge Press
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An excellent introduction to the samurai film genre, but lacking depth. The first section of the book is the strongest, providing an excellent overview of the genre and the Japanese film scene. As the book moves forward, Galloway covers an excellent assortment of films. However, these are primarily just casual reviews - the book would be stronger if it was less about plot and more about the making of the films or genre conventions. Still, it is a solid introduction.
Apr 13, 2008
David Wilentz
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Useful for the novice I suppose but a little dissapointing in it's lack of depth, exhibiting laymanship as opposed to revelatory insights.
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Fascinating account of Japanese samurai movies (of which I am a fan).
Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves (2005) is a good introduction to the samurai film genre, but it is not complete and it is not an academic foray into the subject. That being said, there's lots of good information and it has inspired me to search out some of the titles that I was previously unfamiliar with. However, I would liked to have had more commentary about the authenticity and tradition per se. Since this book was published in 2005, there have been several samurai films made by the likes of Yoji Y
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I'd definitely consider this a very good book to have in your collection if you're interested in samurai film, whether casually or seriously.
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Good, funny at times, but not entirely complete. He misses some good films. Still, a very good book, with lots of explanations about the films and samurai traditions.
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