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 ...

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 ...