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 ...

While it’s possible to call a good many historical movies from Japan “samurai films,” such movies can vary when it comes to the other genres they belong to. Certain samurai movies emphasize ...

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in "Shogun.

2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

The best movie you’ll see this year is 70 years old, 3 hours and 27 minutes long, black and white and in Japanese. It’s Akira Kurosawa’s classic epic adventure “Seven Samurai” that’s had a 4K ...

Pixar's second animated feature, A Bug’s Life, is a delightful, animated family comedy about a colony of ants that stands up to a group of dastardly grasshoppers. Believe it or not, the whole movie is ...

After looking death in the eye in Samurai Cop (1991), Joe Marshall finds himself living in self-imposed exile, following the brutal assassination of his wife, Jennifer. In the meantime, twenty-five ...

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

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