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The last brother

August 30, 2009 - 4:00 am - by Richard Fernandez
Charles
2009-08-31 23:18:14

I don’t know that I have seen western literature that chronicles the shift from swordplay to guns.

I’ve seen some Kurasawi movies from decades past where its clear that guns are distasteful to the director–and likely too to samuri– for not being as up close and personal as knightly swordplay.