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And I'd also vote for the chanbara anime, Sword of the Stranger (2008).

MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!) 2010

Probably my favorite chanbara actor since Toshiro Mifune.

2008 Hugo Awards Countdown: The Sites and Blogs Behind the Fiction – Novelettes | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2008

Dark Water and Bob Carroll's piece on the rise and fall of the chanbara film.

GreenCine Daily 2009

It's a remarkable series, distinct from other anime chanbara.

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This is a rare and unique treat for chanbara fans, as even the majority of Samurai movies yet remain unreleased outside of Japan and select Pan Asian markets.

AvaxHome RSS: 2009

The sword fights of the original films are matched and surpassed, and Kitano does this by returning to the traditional merits of chanbara.

DVD Times 2009

This newfound fascination with choreography colors not only the fight scenes (which serve as perfect visual descriptors of each of the two main characters-Asano's fights are the overly staged battles of countless chanbara films, while Kitano's are more

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

Maybe Teruo Ishii’s Bohachi Bushido. It’s a very sleazy and violent chanbara film. Not sure if it fits what you’re looking for but I’d recommend it to anybody interested in pink films.

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