In Popular Culture
- The villain of Star Wars, Darth Vader wears futuristic armour including a helmet that bears a striking resemblance to the kabuto.
- When Hannibal Lector seeks revenge on the Nazis who killed his sister, he disguises himself with a mask from his aunt's ancestral armor.
- The Shredder, villain of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, wears a full suit of samurai armor with razor-sharp spikes.
- Samurai armor is also worn by characters in Japanese martial arts films and samurai films like Yojimbo, the Seven Samurai, Shogun Assassin, and by Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai.
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