A film titled for these people features a shot of four graves with swords sticking out of them, and it climaxes with a rainy battle.
The director of Pale Flower criticized a shot in which a man of this profession sits in a watchtower to watch two gangs fight. A film titled for this profession opens with its protagonist reclining and smoking on his bed next to a large bird cage. In another film, a man tries to protect his daughter from these people by chasing her with a razor and cutting off her long hair. A film titled for this profession follows the hitman Jef Costello and was directed by (*) Jean-Pierre Melville. A film titled for these people features a shot of four graves with swords sticking out of them, and it climaxes with a rainy battle. The films Yōjimbō and Sanjūrō follow one of these people. A film remade by John Sturges as a Western features a group of these people who are hired to protect crops from bandits. For 10 points, Akira Kurosawa directed a film about seven of what type of warriors?
The director of Pale Flower criticized a shot in which a man of this profession sits in a watchtower to watch two gangs fight.
samurai [or rōnin; prompt on warriors, assassins, hitmen, bodyguards, or similar answers]