For its 70th anniversary, Akira Kurosawa's classic film "Seven Samurai" is getting a touch-up and a victory lap. A 4K restoration of the 1954 film was shown last month at the Cannes Film Festival and ...

Filmmakers all over the world have been inspired by Japanese movies and their most iconic historical heroes, the samurai. While movie lovers can find plenty of amazing American movies based on ...

After a 10-year hiatus, Scottish musician-turned-filmmaker John Maclean has released a follow-up to his stellar debut feature Slow West (2015). Tornado, which stars Japanese superstar Kōki, [sic] as ...

Moviemaking technology may have advanced since the 1950s, but good storytelling hasn't changed a bit, and one Samurai trilogy that recalls The Lord of the Rings movies proves it. This old-school movie ...

Some of the most famous movies to ever come out of Japan have revolved around samurai. In Japan, the sub-genre is known as "chambara" (movies about sword fighting), and the primary genre is known as ...

There may not be a single movie more influential than Seven Samurai, and for good reason. Akira Kurosawa’s epic tale of a group of warriors hired by a village to protect them from bandits is so ...

Lone Wolf and Cub makes for a great binge-worthy experience for fans of the samurai movie genre. When it comes to the greatest samurai movies of all time, the films that generally come to mind are ...