Two big video game archetypes are a lot of fun to assume the role of: cowboys and samurai. The two archetypes have a lot in common as they are often quiet and brooding warriors who can snap at the ...

Its 1703, the Shogun is plunged into controversy when Samurai prince, Asano Naganori, loses his temper and attacks a senior ...

Samurai Troopers blended elements of mecha, sentai, and the samurai into a hugely popular and enduring anime, something this Blu-ray set pays tribute to. Samurai Troopers dealt with the return of ...

The shogunate forces were led by the Aizu domain (a regional government in northern Japan), and during the siege of the ...

We think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations ...

Last Samurai Standing is set during the late 19th century, where the era of samurai was coming to an end following the introduction and adoption of firearms to Japan. Shujiro is one of 292 warriors, ...

In the breathless opening one-er of Last Samurai Standing, samurai protagonist Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada, also a producer and action choreographer) cuts through dozens of men as he charges across a ...