The latest news about Shōgun season 2 suggests the show won't be ready for a year at least, fortunately, Netflix has a ...

A Netflix anime spinoff tries to redeem one of the streamer's biggest misfires, but some wannabe franchises just weren't born with any movie magic. At the risk of evoking a certain Dril tweet, you ...

In 17th century Japan, there was a samurai so skilled that myths started to grow about him while he was still alive. After his death, he became a legend of super natural skills with the sword. His ...

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Janus Films has acquired all U.S. rights to the veteran Japanese auteur's first samurai period feature, which stars Masahiro ...

George Lucas never hid the fact that he based large portions of the original Star Wars on samurai movies he loved. Specifically, Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. Samurai movies were Japan’s ...

Reading a few books by samurai there was one thing I saw repeated again and again and again that surprised me. It has nothing to do with swords, fighting, or strategy. Actually, quite the opposite.

The series returns to conclude Jack's journey after 13 years off the air. The series followed a young samurai (Phil LaMaar) who is sent into the future by the evil shape-shifting demon Aku (Mako ...

Throughout the 20th century, and even to this day, Japanese cinema has become one of the greatest foreign influences on Western film and television. The impact of chanbara, or Samurai cinema, is ...

Like just about every other sequel in Koei's Warriors franchises, Samurai Warriors 2 offers an overly familiar and ultimately mundane hack-and-slash experience. Koei's Dynasty Warriors franchise, the ...

Samurai Shodown finally appears on PC, delivering the same tension-filled face-offs that fans enjoyed on console. Lengthy load times and mediocre online components sully the experience a bit, but ...