Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

Samurai stories, an essential genre of Japan’s film industry since its inception, have been enjoying a global resurgence lately. FX and Disney’s smash-hit period series Shogun, produced by and ...

Gallons of blood and plenty of thematic thunder distinguish Kazuya Shiraishi’s energetic action film set during the Boshin ...

Nikko, located in Tochigi Prefecture, served as the spiritual center of the Tokugawa Shogunate, founded during Japan’s Edo ...

Classic action movies hold a special place in our hearts and some are more than deserving of an expanded story as a streaming ...

including last year’s Oscar winner Godzilla Minus One and Disney’s hit samurai series Shogun. Japan held its general election over the weekend, resulting in a brutal set of results for the ...

Fans of FX’s smash-hit “Shogun” series should find plenty to like about this handsomely produced tale set in the dying days of feudal Japan. In the broader scope of samurai cinema ...

Great to combine with a day trip to Kawagoe, also known as “Little Edo,” which offers a historical backdrop of the Edo period – the time of Shogun and Samurai. Penang, Malaysia – With ...