Himura Kenshin

Storyline In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from

Helter Skelter (Mika Ninagawa, 2012) Based on the homonymous manga by Kyoko Okazaki, "Helter Skelter" tells the story of Lilico, the top Japanese female idol. Lilico is stunning to perfection, kind, funny and generally, socially unblemished, she is a woman every teenage girl wants to be like and every man wants to conquer. Underneath that flawless facade though, a plethora of secrets and discrepancies are lurking. Lilico is actually an insecure, shallow, malicious and overall sad individual that

All About Yuri Kochiyama Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese- American activist who fought for topics that she was extremely passionate about. In her ninety-three years on this Earth, Kochiyama worked to gain civil rights in the black, Latino, Native American and Asian-American communities. Unfortunately,Yuri Kochiyama has recently passed away due to natural causes in Berkeley, California. Although Kochiyama was born in San Pedro, California, her family was forced to evacuate as the bombing of pearl harbor

Takeda Shingen's banners carried the words “Steady as a mountain, attack like fire.” Unlike most samurai, Takeda never built a fortress. He preferred the migration of marauding armies, meeting his enemies afield. Shingen was aggressive but cautious. He waged battles but also installed two doors to his lavatory so he could never be cornered by an assassin. He struck the fastidious war-monger’s balance of armies with enough farmers to feed them. Shingen was popular because he taxed the samurai class

Kyuzo is a very interesting character in Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954). Kyuzo is first introduced to the audience during a duel with another Samurai. Kambei’s eyes are locked on Kyuzo as he shows tremendous swordsmanship, skills not many samurai would accomplish in a lifetime. Kyuzo at first rejects the offer of joining the samurai, however, he later changes his mind. Through his serious, cold face it is hard to breakdown Kyuzo’s character, nonetheless, we soon see the true qualities

Storyline In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from

The Rurouni Kenshin : Kyoto Inferno is just as good as the first unlike some swordplay genre movies like Solomon Kane, The mask of Zorro, The Duelists, and The Vampire Hunt which are very brutal. The Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno and its leading character Himura Kenshin also known as Hitokiri Battosai is very admirable for he refuses in vowing to never kill again. This movie have the right mix of being faithful with the plot and changing a little of the original storyline to be consistent with the