And, as usual, when a movie or series triumphs in such a way, not a few people are interested in other similar ones, ...

Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

“There is a record that the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu ... with no separation between samurai with katana and merchants.

Hiroyuki Sanada stars as Yoshi Toranaga - an isolated but legendary samurai in pursuit of power Shogun - the razor-sharp, critically-acclaimed samurai epic that's transported viewers back to ...

The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau ... The war spelled defeat for the Taira and changed the role of shogun—previously a commissioned military leader hired to dispose ...

He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in "Shogun." He breaks down the differences between samurai and ninja fighting techniques in "The Last Samurai," starring Tom ...

“Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s best ... was inspired by William Adams (1564-1620), the first known Western samurai in Japan. Blackthorne becomes embroiled in the political strife ...

Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power success of films and drama series set in Japan, the ...

Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season. It took home prizes including Outstanding Drama Series, as star and co-producer ...

Gallons of blood and plenty of thematic thunder distinguish Kazuya Shiraishi’s energetic action film set during the Boshin ...

Samurai stories, an essential genre of Japan’s film industry since its inception, have been enjoying a global resurgence lately. FX and Disney’s smash-hit period series Shogun, produced by and ...