Samurai movies have long fascinated film fans since the genre first emerged from Japan in the early '20s, and it's pretty understandable why. It's a genre that lends itself to a myriad of stories.

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in ...

I posted about the 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai coming out in theaters; here’s the trailer ...

The movie follows two men ... Tobei dreams of becoming a samurai. With his eyes set on a shiny suit of armor and a spear, he's willing to leave everything behind, including his wife, Ohama ...

Shinichiro Watanabe's Samurai Champloo is filled with beautiful fight scenes and duels. But, these 10 will forever go down as ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

Spanish-born Fortuny, who has earned several Best Actress film festival nominations and also performed in Cross Words ...

This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced ...