The samurai characters also appeal to traditional Japanese values, and they represent strong leadership seen as lacking in modern-day Japan
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Shigeto Arai, marketing director at Toho. The boom in samurai films highlights the growing importance of older audiences to Japan’s film business as retirees return to cinemas to take in the kind of movies they enjoyed back in the samurai cinema heyday of the 1950s and ‘60s. (Reuters)
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A nation that lost its way often reverts back to its myths for comfort.
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