Rōnin

A rōnin (浪人) was a samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless from the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or privilege.

In modern Japanese usage, the term also describes a salaryman who is "between employers" or a secondary school graduate who has not yet been admitted to university.

Etymology

The word rōnin literally means "wave man". It is an idiomatic expression for "vagrant" or "wandering man", someone who is without a home. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master's land. It then came to be used for a samurai who had no master. (Hence, the term "wave man" illustrating one who is socially adrift.)

The word "浪人" means a "drifter" or a "wanderer", i.e. "he who drifts/wanders".

Status

According to the Bushido Shoshinshu (the Code of the Samurai), a samurai was supposed to commit seppuku (also "hara kiri" — ritual suicide) upon the loss of his master. One who chose not to honor the code was "on his own" and was meant to suffer great shame. The undesirability of rōnin status was mainly a discrimination imposed by other samurai and by daimyo, the feudal lords.

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves (/keɪˈɑːnuː/ kay-AH-noo; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, producer, director and musician.

Reeves is best known for his acting career, beginning in 1985 and spanning for more than three decades. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films including comedies from the Bill and Ted franchise (1989–1991), action thrillers Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994), and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix (1999–2003). He has also appeared in several dramatic films such as Dangerous Liaisons (1988), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and Little Buddha (1993).

Since becoming active in the film industry, Reeves' abilities have earned critical acclaim. One New York Times critic praised Reeves' versatility, saying that he "displays considerable discipline and range. He moves easily between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and the loose-jointed manner of his comic roles." Even with an amplitude of skills, Reeves has spent much of his later career being typecast. A recurring character arc in many roles he has portrayed is one of saving the world, as can be seen in the characters of Ted Logan, Buddha, Neo, Johnny Mnemonic, John Constantine and Klaatu. His acting has garnered several awards including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Forty-seven Ronin

The revenge of the forty-seven Ronin (四十七士, Shi-jū-shichi-shi, forty-seven samurai), also known as the Akō vendetta or the Genroku Akō incident (元禄赤穂事件, Genroku akō jiken), is an 18th-century historical event and a legend in Japan in which a band of ronin (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master. A noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the best known example of the samurai code of honor, bushidō, and as the country's "national legend." A contemporary historian and expert in bushidō, however, wrote that the tale is a good story of revenge, but by no means a story of bushidō.

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor by killing Kira, after waiting and planning for a year. In turn, the ronin were themselves obliged to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. This true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that people should preserve in their daily lives. The popularity of the tale grew during the Meiji era, in which Japan underwent rapid modernization, and the legend became entrenched within discourses of national heritage and identity.

Surname

A surname or family name is a name added to a given name. In many cases, a surname is a family name and many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". In the western hemisphere, it is commonly synonymous with last name because it is usually placed at the end of a person's given name.

In most Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, two or more last names (or surnames) may be used. In China, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Taiwan, Vietnam, and parts of India, the family name is placed before a person's given name.

The style of having both a family name (surname) and a given name (forename) is far from universal. In many countries, it is common for ordinary people to have only one name or mononym.

The concept of a "surname" is a relatively recent historical development, evolving from a medieval naming practice called a "byname". Based on an individual's occupation or area of residence, a byname would be used in situations where more than one person had the same name.

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (/dəˈnɪroʊ/; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and producer who has starred in over 90 films. His first major film roles were in the sports drama Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Martin Scorsese's crime film Mean Streets (1973). After being turned down for the role of Sonny Corleone in the crime film The Godfather (1972), he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

De Niro's longtime collaboration with Scorsese later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He also earned nominations for the psychological thrillers Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991), both directed by Scorsese. De Niro received additional Academy Award nominations for Michael Cimino's Vietnam war drama The Deer Hunter (1978), Penny Marshall's drama Awakenings (1990), and David O. Russell's romantic comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook (2012). His portrayal of gangster Jimmy Conway in Scorsese's crime film Goodfellas (1990) earned him a BAFTA nomination in 1990. De Niro has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in the musical drama New York, New York (1977), opposite Liza Minnelli, the action comedy Midnight Run (1988), the gangster comedy Analyze This (1999), and the comedy Meet the Parents (2000). He has also simultaneously directed and starred in films such as the crime drama A Bronx Tale (1993) and the spy film The Good Shepherd (2006). De Niro has also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010.

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'Ronin' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Patriot Act (2014)

Actors: Donny Boaz (actor), Jason Douglas (actor), Joe Grisaffi (actor), Michael Saleman (miscellaneous crew), James Hong (actor), Kerry Beyer (actor), Nick W. Nicholson (producer), Jeffrey Walton (composer), Jacob Reynolds (actor), Sara Gaston (actress), Scott Carr (miscellaneous crew), David Matranga (actor), Wayne Dehart (actor), Kelly Byrns (actress), Wayne Slaten (producer),

Plot: Ronin is a retired member of The Legion, a hit squad responsible for the extinction of the Dropas, an alien race that migrated to Earth centuries before from their dying planet. The Dropas brought with them advances in genetic technology and The Virus. A deadly airborne contagion that spread from the spores of their adaptive cocoons. The Premier of the American Union formed a covert government agency to deal with the outbreak. The Legion's mission was simple, eradicate the Dropa threat - they did. A decade later, Ronin is forced out of retirement to hunt a renegade Dropa intent on killing the remaining members of The Legion. Ronin's investigation leads him to his former comrades and one step closer to finding the Dropa who holds a secret that will shake the foundation of his beliefs, the truth about The Legion, the Dropas and himself. This ambitious, enigmatic and complex story is an epic futuristic film noir thriller with all of its requisite parts - an alienated hero of questionable morality, a seemingly unbeatable foe, a femme fatale and is set against the dark locations of a socialist dystopic America in the year 2038.

Keywords: adventure-hero, alien, assassin, chase, cigarette-smoking, communism, death, death-of-friend, explosion, future
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Freedom has evolved.

Patriot Act (2014)

47 Ronin (2013)

Actors: Andy Stephens (miscellaneous crew), David Midgen (miscellaneous crew), Simon Atherton (miscellaneous crew), János Papp (miscellaneous crew), Clifford De Spenser (miscellaneous crew), Lucia Foster Found (miscellaneous crew), Hiroyuki Sanada (actor), Gedde Watanabe (actor), Clyde Kusatsu (actor), Keanu Reeves (actor), Tadanobu Asano (actor), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor), Togo Igawa (actor), Richard Wild (miscellaneous crew), Richard Szabó (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy,
Taglines: This Christmas, seize eternity.

Epic (2013)

Actors: Pitbull (actor), Jason Sudeikis (actor), Troy Evans (actor), Rif Hutton (actor), Colin Farrell (actor), Judah Friedlander (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Josh Hutcherson (actor), David Cowgill (actor), Blake Anderson (actor), Aziz Ansari (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Stephen Apostolina (actor), Christoph Waltz (actor), Steven Tyler (actor),

Plot: Young Mary Katherine (M.K.) returns to her eccentric scientist father's home, but his all-consuming quest to discover a tiny civilization in the neighboring forest drives them apart. However, M.K. soon finds herself shrunken down by Queen Tara of that forest who was mortally wounded by the putrefying Boggans, and charged to deliver a pod bearing the new Queen to safety. Together with a veteran Leafman warrior, two goofy mollusks and a young maverick, M.K. agrees to help. As the villainous Boggan leader, Mandrake closes in, M.K. and her new friends must draw on the best of themselves together and discover what they have to save their world.

Keywords: based-on-book, bat, bird, bird-rider, bud, death-of-queen, decay, deer, dog, fantasy-world
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy,
Taglines: Discover a world beyond your imagination Prepare for something epic Discover a world from the creators of Ice Age and Rio

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Bomba: Just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean it's not there.

Mub: What's going on, baby girl?::Mary Katherine: Talking snails.::Mub: Actually, he's a snail. I'm a sluuuug. No shell over here, baby. It just slows me down.

[from trailer]::Mary Katherine: Who are you people?::Ronin: We are the Leafmen, protectors of the forest.

[from trailer]::Mandrake: I'm going to destroy the forest. But I'm only going to do it once, so try to pay attention.

[from trailer]::Mary Katherine: I'm not from this world.::Nod: What happened? You got shrunk?::Mary Katherine: Yes!::Nod: Seriously?::Ronin: It's been a weird day for everybody.

[from trailer]::Queen Tara: You're here for a reason. Sometimes the connections aren't clear, but they're always there.

[from trailer]::Ronin: If our world dies, your world will die too.

[from trailer]::Nod: C'mon! You're with us now.

[from trailer]::Mandrake: The forest belongs to the darkness.

Mandrake: [from trailer] You just can't stop the rot.::Mub: Ugly says what?::Mandrake: What?::Mub: Nothing. [he and Grub snicker]

I Killed a Superhero (2012)

Actors: Ryan Sullivan (producer), Ryan Sullivan (director), Ryan Sullivan (writer), Ryan Sullivan (writer), Lauren Romero (producer), James Jourdan (actor), Matt Boldin (editor), Logan Andrew (actor), Pierce Lackey (actor), Megan Dormer (actor), Robert Solomon (actor),

Genres: Action, Drama, Short,
Taglines: The gritty realistic nature of Watchmen meets Unbreakable's conquest for morality.

Silk (2007)

Actors: Niv Fichman (producer), Larry Weinstein (producer), Kôji Yakusho (actor), Keira Knightley (actress), Kenneth Welsh (actor), Domenico Procacci (producer), Tarô Suwa (actor), Toni Bertorelli (actor), Francesco Carnelutti (actor), Domenico Procacci (actor), Jun Kunimura (actor), Alfred Molina (actor), Callum Keith Rennie (actor), Fabrizio De Angelis (miscellaneous crew), Ryûichi Sakamoto (composer),

Plot: A married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect.

Keywords: 1860s, 1870s, 19th-century, adultery, asian-woman, bare-breasts, based-on-novel, billiards, blindfold, brothel
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Love knows no borders Come back, or I shall die. Each step away from her... brings him closer.

Quotes:

Baldabiou: I once knew a man who built his own railroad. It was completely straight. Not one curve in it. He had a reason for that. I don't remember what it was. Reasons get forgotten.

Baldabiou: There seems to be some trouble in Japan...

Hélène Joncour: What is it?::Hervé Joncour: It's your garden.::Hélène Joncour: It's my garden?::Hervé Joncour: Well, not quite. Not yet. For now, it's a plot of land. Our land. And the house is also ours. This is where we'll grow old Helene.::Hélène Joncour: But I don't understand...::Hervé Joncour: The eggs have hatched, they're perfect. This year's production will be huge, and Baldabiou has already paid us our share. We're rich, Helene. We're very very rich!::Hélène Joncour: [Awestruck] And this for such tiny eggs...

Hervé Joncour: [toasts] To our lasting friendship.

[first lines]::Hervé Joncour: Steaming water. Strange trees. Laughing children. Her skin... those eyes. But why should I tell you about it? Why now? Maybe I just need to tell someone about it. And that someone is you.

Naam yi boon sik (2007)

Actors: Sam Lee (actor), Suet Lam (actor), Daniel Lam (miscellaneous crew), Benny Chan (writer), Nicholas Tse (actor), Benny Chan (director), Benny Chan (producer), Ken Lo (actor), Mark Cheng (actor), Daniel Lam (producer), Tao Chiang (actor), Shawn Yue (actor), Lisa Lu (actress), Tak-bun Wong (actor), Chi Wai Yau (editor),

Genres: Action, Crime,

Ezo yakata no ketto (1970)

Actors: Tôru Abe (actor), Ryôsuke Kagawa (actor), Nobuo Kaneko (actor), Yûzô Kayama (actor), Ryûji Kita (actor), Toshio Kurosawa (actor), Rentarô Mikuni (actor), Tatsuya Nakadai (actor), Kunie Tanaka (actor), Mitsuko Baishô (actress), Sanezumi Fujimoto (producer), Ryôzô Kasahara (writer), Kenjiro Hirose (composer), Yoshitami Kuroiwa (editor), Kengo Furusawa (director),

Genres: Action,

Yukinojô henge (1963)

Actors: Fujiko Yamamoto (actress), Hiroaki Fujii (producer), Ganjirô Nakamura (actor), Eiji Funakoshi (actor), Saburô Date (actor), Yutaka Nakayama (actor), Eijirô Yanagi (actor), Ayako Wakao (actress), Raizô Ichikawa (actor), Jun Hamamura (actor), Shintarô Katsu (actor), Kazuo Hasegawa (actor), Kazuo Hasegawa (actor), Daisuke Itô (writer), Masaichi Nagata (producer),

Plot: While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ruining them...

Keywords: japan, jidai-geki, kabuki, kimono, love, sword, theatre, year-1836
Genres: Drama,

Miyamoto Musashi: Nitôryû kaigen (1963)

Actors: Chieko Naniwa (actress), Hiroshi Okawa (producer), Kei Tani (actor), Isao Kimura (actor), Chôichirô Kawarasaki (actor), Michiyo Kogure (actress), Ken Takakura (actor), Fujio Tokita (actor), Ryôsuke Kagawa (actor), Shinjirô Ehara (actor), Takashi Kanda (actor), Kinnosuke Nakamura (actor), Mikijirô Hira (actor), Taichirô Kosugi (composer), Tomu Uchida (writer),

Genres: Drama,

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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
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Play in Full Screen NWA/EWF: Hit & Run

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen NWA/EWF: Matt Sinister Benefit

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen NWA/EWF: Meltdown 2K7

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen NWA/EWF: Overkill 2

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: Attack of the Spymaster?

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: A Night for Payback

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: California Tornado

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: Halloween Slaughterhouse 2

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: New Year's Return Bash

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: Summer Heat

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AWS: You Get What You Pay For

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen NWA Pro/AWS: Turkey Sandwich 2005

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself

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Play in Full Screen Il terzo tempo

2013, role: composer
Play in Full Screen Vogliamo anche le rose

2007, role: composer

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2010, role: director

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Our disease, everywhere I wander
I trail the song of your despair, everywhere
don't you breathe, don't you dare?
Only life, do you care when it's gone?
who's side are you on anyway, do you care?
wanna stay ruled by your fear?
I don't know what it is that binds me to be like this,
we can't ever be at peace
carry on 'til we cease
Realize that I would
could spare you
if I only I knew how to be another man
than the wanderer I am
Walk with me into the world that waits to be
Here
Dawn the sea of the light that wants to be
Always ahead of the truth in us
Longing to be more than we are just because
Dawn is the promise of light
In the darkness where we hide
Our disease, everywhere I wander
I trail the song of your despair, everywhere
don't you breathe, don't you dare?
Only life, do you care when it's gone?
who's side are you on anyway, do you care?
wanna stay ruled by your fear?
All the world is yours to keep
All you have to do is walk with me
Walk with me into the world that waits to be
Here
Dawn the sea of the light that wants to be
Always ahead of the truth in us
Longing to be more than we are just because
Time holds a candle for each of us
Don't let it burn without meaning or a cause
Dawn is the promise of light
In the darkness where we hide
All the world is yours to keep
All you have to do is walk with me
All the world is yours to keep

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Keanu Reeves

Forty-seven Ronin

Surname

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47 Ronin 2013 - Keanu Reeves

Ronin Paris Car Chase Full 1080p HD

Ronin (3/9) Movie CLIP - Amateur Night (1998) HD

Destro - Ronin (ft. Jala Brat, Fox & Djare)

DJI - Introducing the Ronin

47 Ronin Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi Movie HD

Ronin (1/9) Movie CLIP - Everybody Has a Limit (1998) HD

Zack Hemsey - "Teachings Of A Ronin"

Ronin - King (Hip Hop Instrumental) HQ

Ronin Car Chase Audi S8

'Ronin' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Patriot Act (2014)

Patriot Act (2014)

47 Ronin (2013)

Epic (2013)

Quotes:

I Killed a Superhero (2012)

Silk (2007)

Quotes:

Naam yi boon sik (2007)

Ezo yakata no ketto (1970)

Yukinojô henge (1963)

Miyamoto Musashi: Nitôryû kaigen (1963)

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Ronin Paris Car Chase Full 1080p HD

Ronin (3/9) Movie CLIP - Amateur Night (1998) HD

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DJI - Introducing the Ronin

47 Ronin Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi Movie HD

Ronin (1/9) Movie CLIP - Everybody Has a Limit (1998) HD

Zack Hemsey - "Teachings Of A Ronin"

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47 Ronin 2013 - Keanu Reeves

Ronin Paris Car Chase Full 1080p HD

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DJI - Introducing the Ronin

47 Ronin Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi Movie HD

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