It's a genre that lends itself to a myriad of stories. As such, the best Samurai movies can tell a thrilling tale of honorable warriors teaming up to take on brutish bandits or be a more ...

Playing Ghost of Tsushima could easily make anyone eager to seek out the best samurai movies ever made. Set in 1274, players take control of the character Jin Sakai (portrayed by actor Daisuke ...

He shuffles forward using suriashi, maintaining a good maai, or distance between them, and as one of the samurai attacks him, he draws his katana and immediately counterattacks with a nukiuchi ...

He describes how to best anticipate your opponent's moves ... rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle ...

This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced ...

He plays Kilmer not as an arrogant American, but as a good man who yearns to honor a culture he doesn’t fully understand. It is only when he discovers the full scope of his impact on Ken and ...