The film, which won Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, starts off as a samurai epic before burrowing deeper into something more Shakespearean. The result is a visually ...

His 2015 debut film Slow West was ... who teaches her to use the samurai sword. He was impressed by her skills. "She was always practising off-set, and posting photos on Instagram," he says.

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 ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

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 ...

Filmed on location in the Pentland Hills in January 2023, it stars Japanese actress Kōki as the eponymous Tornado, a ...