A samurai pic for the post-"Jackass"/"Takeshi's Castle" extreme-stunts generation, Japanese production "Scabbard Samurai" reps an odd blend of goofy, sometimes cruel ...

Sometimes foreign language films simply exist across an insurmountable cultural divide that renders them indecipherable here. Hitoshi Matsumoto‘s Saya-zamurai [Scabbard Samurai] perfectly exemplifies ...

Hitoshi Matsumoto, the Japanese writer/director responsible for 2009's hilarious Symbol, follows up with a hybrid of crazy comedy and father-daughter sentimentality. By THR Staff LOCARNO — Lovely work ...

From the crazy brilliant mind behind Big Man Japan, which is being remade, and Symbol, comes another new film titled Scabbard Samurai, which we have a trailer for thanks to SlashFilm. This time, ...

His other film was "Symbol" in 2009. "Big Man Japan" has been signed for a remake by Columbia Pictures, and Matsumoto has said he would like to have a hand in the production. "Scabbard Samurai" will ...

Kanjuro Nomi (Takaaki Nomi) is a samurai without honour: after the death of his wife, he threw away his sword and vowed never to fight again. He fled from his lord and now roams the land with his ...

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. With a past that made him throw away his sword and refuse to fight, he now journeys to nowhere with Tae, his only daughter. Kanjuro becomes a ...

“Scabbard Samurai” 3 ½ stars, MT. Narrative feature. 103 minutes. Showing at 8:30 p.m. April 16 at Aperture 1; 1 p.m. April 21 at Aperture 2. In this quirky, oddly sweet-hearted comedy-drama, a ...

The price for a failed joke is usually dead silence or derisive jeering. But the hapless warrior hero of a new Japanese samurai comedy film must succeed with his humor or pay the ultimate price -- by ...