Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Such is the case for Shōgun, one of the best new TV shows in recent memory. Based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name, the FX series is set in ...

Samurai movies are some of Japan's best cinematic exports, and there are a ton of classic and modern samurai films available on streaming today. Ripped straight from Japan's extensive history, the ...

When you think of samurai movies, you probably think of sword-slashing action. There are plenty of swordfights in A Samurai in Time, but they don't turn out how you might expect in this charming ...

Seeing cinematic inspiration in video games is nothing new. In 1988, Snatcher saw a young Hideo Kojima doing the best Blade Runner impression that the MSX2 platform would allow; even Spielberg himself ...

Iguchi Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a widowed samurai. A samurai who no longer wishes to kill, but instead wants to devote himself entirely to his two daughters and settle down. His friend encourages ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook If you’re missing the protagonist from Blue Eye Samurai, Mulan offers a different perspective (but ...

Tornado fuses aspects of the western and samurai-style action in atmospheric 18th-century Scotland. Critics have praised the performances of Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and newcomer Kôki who plays the ...

The war- and campaign-hardened Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) seems to have lost sight of the meaning of life. He once fought in Antietam (Maryland) and Gettysburg (Virginia), returning victorious ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The developers at Sucker Punch have openly acknowledged that Ghost of Tsushima, and its upcoming sequel Ghost of Yotei, owe a lot to samurai cinema.

There is a certain inevitability about a film inspired by Hermann Hesse’s novel “Steppenwolf,” first published in German in 1927, and two famous Westerns of the 1950s — John Ford’s “The Searchers,” ...

Takeshi Kitano’s new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story without heroes, mercilessly portraying human greed, betrayal and cruelty. Kitano, awarded the Golden ...