Re: [DL] Japanese in DL

["Undead Rustler" <rrj@zombieworld.com>]

thank you, thank you, thank you!!

that is the name of the movie that i've been trying to remember for the past several weeks.  i was hoping that samurai were covered in DL but the closest thing would be the kung fu powers detailed in the Great Maze i believe (which i don't have).  anyone have any info that would help in creating a samurai, or most likely a ronin depending on how many Japanese warlords there are in the Weird West?  kung fu wouldn't quite fit the samurai image as they were mainly known as sword fighters. though they did practice hand to hand fighting most of this was basic karate and judo not the "monkey dances with river otter" kung fu moves :/  in the past they were also accomplished horseback riders who could fight from the saddle with sword or spear and could also use the bow.  i'm not sure of the status of samurai at the time of the Weird West but i believe they were mainly foot soldiers though i'm sure they can still fight from horseback rather well.  i've read a few web sites detailing the main points in the history of the samurai.  one thing i remember most clearly is that around this time the emperor of Japan outlawed the carrying of swords basically disbanding the samurai class.  this could be a major motivation for a character to travel to the WW.  samurai IMHO would be a great challenge and most interesting character to have on board your posse.  definitely see this movie (Red Sun) if you have even the faintest interest in a similar character.  it's not only good, it's good for ya!
  
"It's amzing what you can do when you don't have to eat, sleep, or breath anymore"  - undead rustler




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: J Tolle <jwtolle@altavista.com>
Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Date: 27 Mar 2000 06:49:46 -0800

>I saw a great movie the other day with Charles Bronson set in the old west.  It featured a Samurai ambassador whose sword and gold is stolen in a train heist.
>
>It was called Red Sun.  It may be worth your time.
>
>Jeff "Yes I am back from a week of work on the road, where I spent more hours in the air than on the ground, and was left with 114 messages on this service!" Tolle
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>On Thu, 23 March 2000, "Kevin Flynn" wrote:
>
>> 
>> Has anyone thought of doing a Japanese Samuari in the style of the chinese
>> monks?
>> 
>> The movie Red Sun (??) comes to mind as a classic example of a samuraii in
>> the wild west.
>> 
>> I would picture the samuraii as a sort of sword slinger (ala hex slinger).
>> 
>> Let me know if someone has pls?
>> 
>> Kevin Flynn
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