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The samurai warrior Endō Morito (Kazuo Hasegawa ... Gate of Hell was a touchstone for bringing Japanese cinema out of black-and-white and into color. Horror films like Kwaidanand Houseutilized ...

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Yet while predominantly white (and even Japanese) cultures seem quick to forgive depictions of white samurai figures, the same leniency does not seem to extend to a black character.