Succession with samurai, Ran is another Shakespeare adaptation from Akira Kurosawa. This time, the great director has turned the tragedy of King Lear into an epic war movie about the destructive ...

10 Classic Samurai Movies to Watch While You Wait for ‘Shogun’ Season 2 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 ...

Taking place in between Shinkenger Acts 22 and 23, the Shinkengers battle the newly revived Kusare Gedoushu Aburame Manpuku and his army for three days. The wounded and tired Shinkengers nearly ...

“This is the last work of the genius director Sadao Yamanaka, who died at the age of 29 during World War II ... The movie features Takashi Shimura, best known as the lead samurai in Akira ...

saddling Japan’s so-called Golden Age of filmmaking — the post-War period of the 1950s and 1960s, when a remarkable number of masterpieces were created. To help tide Shogun fans over, The Hollywood ...

To mark its 70th anniversary, the BFI has released dazzling new 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions crammed with special features and ...