Gate of Hell delivers a visually stunning drama exploring themes of love, betrayal, and the afterlife in feudal Japan.

Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke was basically his way of giving credit to the ordinary people who also played a huge role in shaping Japan's history.

Set in medieval Japan, the samurai was a skilled fighter ready to take on his foes. Meanwhile, with Westerns, the gunslinger ...

There are, unsurprisingly, seven interesting and unique samurai who fight together in Seven Samurai, but which of the bunch ...

This weeks retro trailer is for the crazy cool 1982 martial arts action film The Challenge . The film was directed by John Frankenheimer and it stars Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune . The story follows ...

Taking place in between Shinkenger Acts 22 and 23, the Shinkengers battle the newly revived Kusare Gedoushu Aburame Manpuku and his army for three days. The wounded and tired Shinkengers nearly ...

Along with the two movies, this bundle is packed with extra ... Fans of Kurosawa's films will likely also be interested in The Samurai Trilogy from Criterion Collection, which includes three ...

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 ...

The Way of the Samurai is a story full of self-denial, hard work and music, entwined with the art of sport fighting, exhausting training and personal spiritual growth. It is a documentary on the ...

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 ...

Actor Ken Watanabe, who played Katsumoto, defended the film against its critics, pointing out that The Last Samurai helped break harmful stereotypes of Asians in Hollywood. Before the movie ...