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

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

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

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 ...

With Tatsuya Nakadai’s passing, we lose not only a master actor but also a bridge between eras of cinema — a link from the ...

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

Last Samurai Standing is based on the novel of the same name by Shogo Imamura. Set in the 16th century, it follows warrior ...

Mr. Nakadai, an actor rivaled only by Toshiro Mifune as the best-known star of 20th-century Japanese cinema, died Nov. 8.

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

Starring in more than 100 films, his filmography features numerous outstanding collaborations with many of the most significant directors of Japanese cinema, such as Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi, ...

Australian developer Rob Davis directed the missions, fights and stories in Ghost of Yotei, and says the key to an authentic game world is trusting the player.

In a 2005 interview, the actor said that in his twenties, he was carrying the load of "everyone's masterpieces." He worked ...