Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges ...

This election season may necessitate a healthy dose of escapism come November, and where better to find it than in “The ...

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 ...

All this leads to ‘Seven Samurai’, the best samurai movie of all time. ‘Seven Samurai’ is the great masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa. Released in 1954, it is currently included in numerous ...

Bryan Cranston and Lily Gladstone are set to star in Lone Wolf, an intense conspiracy thriller directed by Mark Pellington. Known for his work on Arlington Road and The Mothman Prophecies ...

‘Lone wolf’ terror attacks inspired by ISIS to persist in West, U.S. envoy says WASHINGTON -- The threat of "lone wolf" acts of terrorism inspired by the Islamic ...