Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (“Wife of a Spy”) very first period film and most ambitious feature to date, “Kokurojo: The ...

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Kokurojo” (The Samurai and the Prisoner) is the award-winning Japanese filmmaker’s first go at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga ...

Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a global hit on his hands with the upcoming Netflix tentpole Last Samauri Standing, and the formula he believes will work is a ...

Japanese streamer U-NEXT and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are joining forces on an untitled “Japanese sword action” drama series. “This project links broadcasting and streaming in a brand-new ...

As we continue our month-long Pride Around The World series, this week we take a trip to 1860s Japan with Nagisa Oshima’s Taboo, which revolves around the age-old (quite literally in this case) matter ...

Following the launch of Japanese drama Song of the Samurai on HBO Max, star Yuki Yamada takes DQ inside this thrilling series ...

John Wick star Hiroyuki Sanada's new series Shōgun has debuted with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name, the 10-episode limited series is set in the ...

"Shōgun meets Squid Games." That's how Japanese actor, producer and action choreographer Junichi Okada describes his new Netflix show Last Samurai Standing, that has already become the talk of social ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hollywood 3D movies may be huge in Japan, but a wave of new samurai films threatens to tarnish their image by dazzling audiences with old-school action and some clever new twists to ...

HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” ...