As Japan modernized in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Samurai became obsolete, but they are far from forgotten. They live on in various forms of media, which include live-action movies, novels, ...

Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing” is a TV lover’s fever dream: Take the violent survival games and critiques of capitalism of “Squid Game,” but set them in an era of Japan similar to that of the ...

Saint Young Men makes Jesus and Buddha a wholesome duo, but licensing woes keep this divine comedy from U.S. fans.

Jiri Prochazka recently put on a spectacular show as he pulled out a sword for his soon-to-be-born child's gender reveal ...

With Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson reportedly eyed for a villain role in The Batman: Part II, a new report claims that ...

A new report claims to reveal who Scarlett Johansson is playing in Matt Reeves' The Batman: Part II, and it sounds like the ...

Samurai schools are failing our children. There, I said it. Kyohachi-ryu School, “the origin of swordsmanship” if its brochure is to be believed, has one teacher and eight students — okay, so they’ve ...

This is a series some have called the “Japanese Squid Game” and the description is fair, though it must be noted that the South Korean dystopian drama (2021 to 2025) came after Battle Royale (2000), a ...

The frequently goofy and energetic direction of The Elusive Samurai belies a dark story: a fictional spin on the life of the real samurai Tokiyuki Hōjō, whose family and clan is massacred by the ...