The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian period (794-1185), when the rise of their status enabled them to mingle with the refined nobility living in the then ...

It wouldn’t be a Star Wars season if Darth Vader wasn’t on the Fortnite island. Challenge the Samurai version of Darth Vader to get your hands on his lightsaber and wield special powers to ...

Blue Eye Samurai was one of the biggest surprises on Netflix in 2023, giving animation fans a heartfelt, bloody affair as a young warrior looked to exact revenge on those who had taken so much ...

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Developer Blast Zero and publisher Red Dunes Games are celebrating this month's 35th anniversary of the classic anime Samurai Pizza Cats by announcing a new video game based on the popular 1990s ...

But, it is an amazing way to introduce the two leading samurai. The pair meet in the restaurant that Fu works in, and instantly mistake each other for criminals. Rather than using their words ...

A limited edition vinyl LP box set for Nujabes‘ Samurai Champloo soundtrack has been released in celebration of the anime’s 20th anniversary. The 7-inch box set includes six vinyl LPs ...

10 Classic Samurai Movies to Watch While You Wait for ‘Shogun’ Season 2 Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films ...

Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

By J. Hoberman Few movies have been more influential than “Seven Samurai,” an existential action film directed by Akira Kurosawa that, at longer than three hours, seemingly muscled its way ...

For its 70th anniversary, Akira Kurosawa's classic film "Seven Samurai" is getting a touch-up and a victory lap. A 4K restoration of the 1954 film was shown last month at the Cannes Film Festival ...