Black & white Japanese classics hold up in all aspects, inspiring Western blockbusters. Zatoichi, Harakiri, and Ugetsu are ...

Legend of the Eight Samurai, 1983. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Hiroko Yakushimaru, Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuki Meguro, Masaki Kyômoto, Kenji Ôba, and Mari Natsuki. SYNOPSIS: A princess ...

You may have heard of the ritual suicide of the samurai in Japan. In such cases, it is sometimes said that they committed ...

Hulu's Shogun proved itself as one of the best dramas of 2024, and these are some other great samurai movies and TV shows to ...

Toshiro Mifune died of multiple organ failure in 1997 at the age of 77, but the impenetrable barrier of death hasn’t stopped ...

When it opened in 1962, the bar was a hangout for writers such as Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It had lost some of its luster but is now being revived by ...

As Cobra Kai comes to a triumphant finale, we're gathering the best Karate films for your post-Cobra Kai fix. Mr. Miyagi didn ...

The Sword of the Doom was one of the dark and brutal samurai movies which features a ruthless aggression. The movie samurai ...

At last night's PlayStation State of Play event, Capcom gave us a bigger look at Onimusha: Way of the Sword and its main protagonist. The lead character is none other than Miyamoto Musashi, one of ...

Miyamoto Musashi has been confirmed as a protagonist in Way of the Sword, and Capcom licensed legendary actor Toshiro ...

The biggest Japanese title returning in 2025 on Netflix is the third season of Alice in Borderland. The sci-fi thriller, ...

Last Samurai Standing is an upcoming Japanese battle royale drama set in the Edo period. It is ready to premiere in November 2025 with Netflix teasing its fans releasing the first look.