Few genres capture the essence of honor, vengeance, and existential struggle quite like samurai films. Rooted in historical ...

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 ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this.

In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. has landed “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule’s next project, which takes on the legendary Yasuke, an African warrior who became the first Black ...

It was intended only for samurai of high rank who rode on horseback. The armour had a large plate on its left side that ...

Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Filmmakers all over the world have been inspired by Japanese movies ...