To help tide Shogun fans over, The Hollywood Reporter asked the Tokyo International Film Festival’s artistic director Shozo Ichiyama to select 10 of his favorite samurai movies from across film ...

Samurai stories, an essential genre of Japan's film industry since its inception, have been enjoying a global resurgence ...

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 ...

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 ...

and it was the most exciting movie I had ever seen. The two figures in this battle are Nakadai's ronin and Tamba's samurai. Both are terrific swordsmen. By changing position he has thrown the ...

A historical adventure spanning three films, adapted from the novel Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. They follow the development of the famous author and warrior, Musashi Miyamoto.