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Tag Archives: tarantino

Blade runners

By Gil Asakawa | August 23, 2004 - 9:34 am |July 1, 2008 asian american, japan & asia
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Samurai are big in Western pop culture these days, what with Tom Cruise’s hit “The Last Samurai” and of course, Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” movies. Continue reading →

Tagged chambara, japanese, kill bill, movies, samurai, tarantino, zatoichi
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