If you haven’t explored too many classic samurai movies made in Japan (especially some of the older ones), these films will ...

Playing Ghost of Tsushima could easily make anyone eager to seek out the best samurai movies ever made. Set in 1274, players take control of the character Jin Sakai (portrayed by actor Daisuke ...

While the Star Wars saga is often cited as being one of the boldest and most original fictional universes in the history of ...

Stories of Samurai are a constant in both classic and modern-day media and portray honor-bound warriors in bitter conflicts where a blade is often the only way out.

The impressive architecture of the castle also inspired legendary director Akira Kurosawa to shoot scenes from two of his classic samurai movies, Ran and Kagemusha, there. After the Kato clan was ...

A small boy is sent away from his village. He is to be trained as a samurai warrior and return to fight the evil shapeshifter, Aku, who has wreaked havoc throughout the village. His skills honed ...

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple ...

It plays out like a classic jidaigeki (period drama), echoing Kurosawa's greatest works like Seven Samurai ... Kurosawa's films weren't just about action; they were about quiet moments that ...

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in ...