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The Legend of Musashi

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The Legacy of Miamoto Musashi

Stephane says that after you read about musashi, you start thinking about how often you've seen him referenced in hollywood movies. A lot of elements from westerns got transferred to science fiction, like the mandalorian or in the h b o sho west world,. musashi is actually an android character in gun world, which is a separate theme park within west world. The western hero and the mid twentieth century samurai hero were used to stand in for the nation and its values.

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