There aren't too many martial arts movies that are essentially perfect, but some classics are, like Police Story, Enter the ...

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 ...

Director Akira Kurosawa broke all the rules—and budgets—of Japanese filmmaking with his 1954 classic. But the final product ...

Forget Netflix's 'Last Samurai Standing,' Shinichiro Watanabe's masterpiece samurai action series, 'Samurai Champloo,' is a ...

Netflix has a brand new samurai action series that has been taking over the streamer service since it made its debut, and ...

If you're after the best movie of all time, you should watch The Godfather, but if you want some other contenders, check out Goodfellas and Ikiru.

Veteran Japanese character actor Tadanobu Asano is having a very overdue breakthrough moment. The chameleonic film star has been a mainstay of Japanese cinema for nearly three decades, while also ...

Certain dramas go above and beyond in being heavy and depressing, including movies like Manchester by the Sea, Harakiri, and ...

New Japanese period drama Last Samurai Standing has arrived on Netflix with a star-studded cast from Japan. The thrilling ...

The team behind Last Samurai Standing have a multi-season plan for the Netflix show that includes superpowers.

Toei is one of Japan’s biggest producers of samurai movies and TV series, and 50 years ago the company hit upon the idea of combining some of its filming sets with a theme park. The result was Toei ...