Samurais have been a big part of movie history and samurai movies have created some of the most compelling characters in film ...

The most intense martial arts movies ever made include modern classics, like The Raid and its sequel, alongside downbeat ...

Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this. Emerging from opposite ends of the globe, the two seemingly distinct genres, ...

SEVEN SAMURAI Not pictured: one of the samurai. Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven is far from a perfect movie, but it perfectly embodies the American character. It’s a pompous, superficial adventure with ...

One of the most beautiful things about samurai films is how directors both balance action and drama and oscillate between the two. In some of the best samurai movies, the planning serves to increase ...

You've been involved with several different genres. A samurai epic is certainly one of those things that I feel is a bit trickier to master. What are your biggest influences as far as filmmakers or ...

Janus Films has acquired all U.S. rights to the veteran Japanese auteur's first samurai period feature, which stars Masahiro ...