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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...