Kurosawa’s acclaimed “Seven Samurai” recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a 4K restoration and theatrical re-release ...

But as Japanese swords are most often associated with samurai in western culture, the name has stuck. In Japan, such films are more likely to be called chanbara (sword-action) films. This includes ...

Archetypal components of western genre – gold hunting and revenge – are mashed up with a samurai-sword-wielding heroine.

Forty years ago, a clerical error and bad blood cost Akira Kurosawa an Oscar. The legendary Japanese filmmaker's Ran proved ...

Director John McLean has history with the form: his 2015 debut Slow West dealt with bounty hunters in old Colorado. Now the crew in pursuit of Tornado are led by an implacable Tim Roth, with Jack ...

The film "Tatami," out June 13, follows an Iranian athletes pressure to bow out of a competition, rather than face Israel.

Spike Lee has a new film working with Denzel Washington that reimagines the Japanese legend's gritty Tokyo thriller 'High and Low' ...

As for Victor, Nick Westrate occasionally offers an appealing naturalism, but all too often he is looking hungrily at the ...

The Onimusha series span four mainline games on PS2, between 2001 and 2006. We’ve since seen remastered editions of the first ...

Outside of swordplay, Onimusha: Way of the Sword introduces Oni Vision for a puzzle-solving element to progression. This new ...