[Dragaera] Baian the Assassin

[Ken Koester]

Steve Hubbell wrote:

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>These stories and the many which have never been translated into English, were also the inspiration for several Japanese television series over the last 40 years, one of which is available in the US with subtitles under the name of Baian the Assassin (Starring Ken Watanabe).
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>If you like stories featuring a likable assassin set in feudal Japan, You might enjoy these two books. There are even some nice descriptions of meals provided, but I'm not sure how much of the original descriptions actually survived the translations (they still made me hungry). 		 	   		  
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Wonder if the creators of Rurouni Kenshin were similarly influenced.  
Although that is during the Meiji, not feudal. . . .

Snarkhunter