The movies in the last of those categories are outlined below, since these films can count themselves among the most intense ...

A small boy is sent away from his village. He is to be trained as a samurai warrior and return to fight the evil shapeshifter, Aku, who has wreaked havoc throughout the village. His skills honed ...

Playing Ghost of Tsushima could easily make anyone eager to seek out the best samurai movies ever made. Set in 1274, players take control of the character Jin Sakai (portrayed by actor Daisuke ...

Few movies have been more influential than ... are inconceivable without Kurosawa's example. I first saw the full version of "Seven Samurai" at the peak of its critical esteem, when it placed ...

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 ...