Silk screens, women's firefighting robes and a Darth Vader costume are among the more than 280 unexpected items that are on ...

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

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 ...

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says - ‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class ...

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