Chambara article scans

[Mark Pollard]

I stumbled across a treasure trove of scans from old magazine articles on chambara and samurai films.

Edit: In the interests of preserving these articles, I've decided to re-post all scans here. Credit goes to "usagigaijin" for originally uploading these scans to http://community.livejournal.com/samuraifiction.

SAMURAI
by Alain Silver
(Film Comment Vol. 11 #5, Sept/Oct 1975, pp. 10 - 15)

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SHOGUN
by Michael O'Hara
(Kick Illustrated Vol. 1 #4, October 1980, pp. 18 - 25)

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CHANBARA: JAPAN'S SWASHBUCKLING CINEMA
by Jerry Stout
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 1 #1, July 1981, pp. 6 – 31)

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INSIDE SHOGUN ASSASSIN
by Dan Furuya and Sandra Segal
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 1 #2, August 1981, pp. 16 – 25)

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TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA: THE ANTI-HERO OF SHOGUN ASSASSIN
by Jerry Stout
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 1 #2, August 1981, pp. 26 – 33)

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THE WARRIOR’S WAY TO WISDOM: AKIRA KUROSAWA'S MARTIAL ARTS EPICS
by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 1 #3, September 1981, pp. 22 – 30)

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TATSUYA NAKADAI: THE INTELLECTUAL TIGER OF CHANBARA
by Elizabeth Ward and Alain Silver
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 1 #6, December 1981, pp. 34 – 38)

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MIYAMOTO MUSASHI: THE ULTIMATE FILM SWORDSMAN
by Alain Silver
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #1, January 1982, pp. 34 – 39)

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PIONEERS OF SAMURAI ACTION FILMS
by Daniel Furuya
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #2, February 1982, pp. 35 – 39)

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SWORDSWOMEN OF JAPANESE CINEMA
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #3, March 1982, pp. 44 – 51)

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FAMOUS LAST WORDS: THE SERIFU IN CHAMBARA
by Daniel Furuya
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #4, April 1982, pp. 54 – 61)

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THE FABULOUS SAMURAI SWORD FIGHT
by Daniel Furuya
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #5, May 1982, pp. 51 – 59)

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FANTASY WITH SWORDPLAY: MAGIC AND MARTIAL ARTS RARELY MIX IN JAPANESE CINEMA
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #6, June 1982, pp. 46 – 50)

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THE KEY TO SAMURAI SWORDPLAY
by Daniel Furuya
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #7, July 1982, pp. 36 – 45)

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CHALLENGE OF THE NINJA FILMS: WHICH JAPANESE STUDIO WAS BEST
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #9, September 1982, pp. 34 – 39)

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IN SEARCH OF... THE REAL MUSASHI
by Daniel Furuya
(Martial Arts Movies Vol. 2 #10, October 1982, pp. 44 – 51)

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THE MARTIAL ARTS FILMS OF AKIRA KUROSAWA
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
(Fighting Stars Vol. 9 #3, June 1982, pp. 32 – 39)

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SAMURAI FILMS: A NEGLECTED GENRE (part 1)
by Chris D.
(Cult Movies #12, Winter 1994, pp 62 – 67)

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SAMURAI FILMS: A NEGLECTED GENRE (part 2)
by Chris D.
(Cult Movies #13, Spring 1995, pp. 71 – 81)

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SAMURAI FILMS: A NEGLECTED GENRE (part 3)
by Chris D.
(Cult Movies #15, Fall 1995, pp. 20 – 35)

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SAMURAI FILMS: A NEGLECTED GENRE (part 4)
by Chris D.
(Cult Movies #16, Winter 1995, pp. 29 – 38)

[daisho2004]

Some good articles there I like the interview with Wakayama Tomisburo.

[Le Péril Jaune]

Some good articles there I like the interview with Wakayama Tomisburo.

So did I.;)

Thank you very much for the articles Mark, you've made me a happy woman!

[Tosh]

Thanks for posting! I can't wait to get to my home computer to download these! There's some great pics in there too.

[Daigoro]

Nice work. I see you finally upgraded those emote's as well but what do monkeys have to do with anything?