Japan’s samurai castles reveal far more than military history. Their original keeps, reconstructions and ongoing restorations ...

Samurai anime blend history, fantasy, and pure spectacle into legendary characters who wield a blade like an extension of their soul. Some fight for bloody revenge, others defend a code nobody else ...

Japanese history researcher Yasutsune Owada joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about samurai. What caused the ultimate downfall of the samurai? What was samurai warfare like? What ...

A British Museum exhibition reveals that women comprised roughly half of Japan's elite samurai class, challenging traditional gender stereotypes and proving that human capability, leadership, and ...

‘Seven Samurai’ is the great masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa. Released in 1954, it is currently included in numerous lists of the best films of all time in portals and media such as IMDb and Empire, ...

Everything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown’s captivating photographic series on Japan’s samurai. While Brown’s photographs look like artifacts from the warriors’ feudal-period heyday, ...

Onimusha: Way of the Sword proves that classic samurai games are still exciting today, meaning some older titles could work ...

Tornado fuses aspects of the western and samurai-style action in atmospheric 18th-century Scotland. Critics have praised the performances of Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and newcomer Kôki who plays the ...