Jane Wu never imagined that her worst portfolio would land her a job that would eventually lead to directing one of Netflix’s ...

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 and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. To give a bit of context here, Samurai Troopers was massively ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku. By Franz Lidz In 1970, the celebrated novelist Yukio Mishima committed seppuku, a ...

Blue Eye Samurai is one of the best animated series in a long while, and while everyone was escatatic to see it renewed for season 2, meaning it will not end on a cliffhanger, new information about ...

Netflix has unveiled a teaser and added new cast members to “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese samurai epic that is set to bow in November. The six-episode series is billed as “a tribute to the ...

Like its predecessor, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yōtei celebrates renowned Japanese filmmakers through special presentation modes. Where Ghost of Tsushima had only a black-and-white homage to ...

Cowboy Bebop often steals the spotlight in conversations about the best anime of all time, but its spiritual sibling, Samurai Champloo, deserves equal recognition. The influence of this historical ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Samurai and the Edo era sit at the heart of what many people imagine when they think of “Japanese ...