Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa ‘s (“Wife of a Spy”) very first period film and most ambitious feature to date, “Kokurojo: ...

Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch ...

For most of us, the samurai exists somewhere between history and fantasy: honour-bound warriors, razor-sharp swords and an ...

Hisyo Ishida is looking at me with undisguised disappointment. I cannot blame him. His movements are sharp where mine are clumsy. His hair is pulled into a neat topknot where mine is flapping in my ...

Netflix's most action-fueled anime sequel is available this February, continuing an iconic fighter's brutal journey against ...

From Dororo to Samurai 7, these samurai shows serve revenge, honor, and deadly duels that grip you from start to finish.

The secret side of Japan’s warrior class, Holzer lights up Scunthorpe, Julia Phillips steels herself and Quentin Blake takes off in Dorset – all in your weekly dispatch ...

Baki Hanma is back, and he’s stepping into yet another time-bending showdown that pushes this fighting anime to new levels of insanity in Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai. The new series arrives on ...