Beautifully filmed against the cherry blossoms and Shinto shrines of Early Modern Japan, “Bushido” revives the samurai ...

The story follows Gandalf and Aragorn who lead the World of Men against Sauron’s army while Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom ...

Samurai stories, an essential genre of Japan's film industry since its inception ... Shozo Ichiyama to select 10 of his ...

“Bushido” is Japanese for “the way of the warrior,” a moral code and guiding principle in samurai culture. It is also the title of Kazuya Shiraishi’s new film in which history ...

Silver Media Group teams with Ford Studios and Ark Entertainment for animated feature about Takayama Ukon, a Christian ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the next samurai to change the course of Japanese (and warrior) history. Through a series of successful political and military campaigns, he asserted control over all of ...

Known as Yasuke, the man was a warrior who reached the rank of samurai under the rule of Oda Nobunaga - a powerful 16th Century Japanese feudal lord who was the first of the three unifiers of Japan.

Medieval Japan saw warfare and chaos. The growth of the warrior class and the influence of Buddhism eventually gave rise ... This lesson is designed to challenge the view of sword-wielding samurai of ...