Cinema Chop Shop S1E20: Samurai Movies and Star Wars

Just days after 47 Ronin Remembrance Day, and coincidentally the release of The Last Jedi, Travis, Mark, Hilary and Brew Boss Shawn get together to talk about samurai movies, and their influence on the Star Wars saga. This week's films are the classic Rashomon (1950) directed by Akira Kurosawa, a compelling film with a non-linear narrative that ushered Japan into the modern cinematic world, and The Sword of Doom (1966) where the gang wonder who from today could best portray the titular sword-wielding sociopathic samurai.