Product Details

• Actors: George Alexander
• Directors: Damien Chambers
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Yamazato Videos
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2002
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006JXWF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,118 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In yet another marvelous video by Prof. George Alexander, the Code of the Samurai is broken down for the Western mind to thoroughly understand.

Were they mercenaries, hired guns so to speak or were they men of high standards who valued honor, courage and respect above all else? Were women allowed in this "Cult of Cold Steel" or were they barred?

You will hear several stories of some of the most famous Samurai Warriors including the man who wrote the ‘Book of Five Rings’, Miyamoto Musashi, who is considered Japan’s greatest warrior.

The Code of the Samurai is a tape any serious student of Japanese Martial Arts will cherish for years to come as one of their most valuable tools in understanding a culture shrouded deeply in mysticism.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amateur Hour!!! I'd give it NO STARS if it were possible!!!, October 19, 2004

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J. Sanford - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Code of the Samurai (DVD)

This dvd features bad lighting, bad sound, bad editing and a rambling, pompous, repellant incoherent host. What more could you want? Not to mention that the sound (what there is of it) drops out permanently after 5 minutes. How did this guy get a Phd anyway? He must have found a blank Phd certificate while dumpster diving behind his local University looking for used porn. Then, once he ascertained what it was,(I figure he can at least recognize the letters P,H and D) he found someone who could write, and agreed to do some yard work for them if they would just write his name in the blanks.
What a waste!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Single guy speaking about Samurai code, August 23, 2003

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John Ranold "chiuchimu" (NorthHollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Code of the Samurai (DVD)

Low budget production of basic samurai info. They didn't spend any money getting video footages-there aren't any! But as far as what he talks about, he is correct so this DVD might be of interest for beginning martial artist in bushijitsu or kendo, but for people who already know the basics there really isn't anything to offset its price.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible sound, lighting, and high cheese factor, August 5, 2006

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Hermes Rex - See all my reviews

This review is from: Code of the Samurai (DVD)

Unfortunately, I ordered this dvd before I read some of the reviews on it. Being that there was another review that started that the sound dropped in the first 10 minutes of the dvd and never came back on, it sounds like this is a major problem with the product.

Even without the sound problem this had to be one of the worst documentories I have ever seen in my life. It was cheap and the presentation was not worth the high price tag. I felt the presentation in the documentary "Samurai - The Last Warriors" was much better and more informative.