'Seven Samurai' changed action movies forever.

Samurais have been a big part of movie history and samurai movies have created some of the most compelling characters in film history. There is a lot to work with because samurais often live by the ...

Few historical warrior classes evoke the same sort of fascination as the samurai in popular culture. Samurai came to ...

Tatsuya Nakadai is backlit by sun as the counterfeit leader in Kagemusha - Toho Akira Kurosawa was one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world when, in the mid-1960s, he decided to leave his ...

Plenty of great martial arts movies feature main characters seeking revenge, including Kill Bill, The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, ...

The Japanese auteur arrives at Cannes with castle thriller 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' - and two of his most celebrated students, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Koji Fukada, competing for the Palme d'Or ...