The image and identity of the samurai were shaped through exchange with global cultures, say researchers ahead of the opening ...

Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this.

Reading a few books by samurai there was one thing I saw repeated again and again and again that surprised me. It has nothing to do with swords, fighting, or strategy. Actually, quite the opposite.

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Star Wars and the samurai tradition share a fascination with the masks we show to the world, and how living behind one can fundamentally reshape the soul of the wearer. It's a connection that dates ...

What is it about the samurai that captivates Westerners? The armor and swords, the reverent attitude and the reputation for supreme competence in warfare are all pretty impressive, but they don’t get ...

In 17th century Japan, there was a samurai so skilled that myths started to grow about him while he was still alive. After his death, he became a legend of super natural skills with the sword. His ...

The plot of director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic, “Seven Samurai,” can be summed up in one sentence: Mercenaries are hired to protect a farming village from marauding bandits. Yet within that simple ...

Listen, nobody’s saying that any of the Seven Samurai didn’t pull their weight, but in terms of leaving an impact on the audience, Shichirōji comes dead last. The only samurai with any pre-existing ...