All this leads to ‘Seven Samurai’, the best samurai movie of all time. ‘Seven Samurai’ is the great masterpiece of Akira ...

Samurai stories, an essential genre of Japan's film industry since its inception, have been enjoying a global resurgence lately. FX and Disney's smash-hit period series Shogun, produced by and ...

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 ...

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in ...

Few movies are as important to the history of color ... Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, starts off as a samurai epic before burrowing deeper into something more Shakespearean.

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

Likewise, one of the most revered movies in the history of Japanese cinema ... Tobei dreams of becoming a samurai. With his eyes set on a shiny suit of armor and a spear, he's willing to leave ...