The FX series Shogun brings samurai, politics, and intrigue to life - but how much of it is true to history? In this Kings ...

However skillfully a samurai wielded his traditional weapon, the long matchlock guns were much more effective. The new shogun requisitioned a large proportion of the arquebuses in use across Japan.

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the ...

Netflix has a new samurai series on the way ... and it starts streaming very soon Shogun season 2 reveals how it's moving past the source material – with a significant time jump and these ...

the details of Shogun Season 2 are still a bit murky. Here's everything we know about the return of the samurai-heavy epic that is easily one of the best TV series in recent memory. Until the ...

But only one of them has been described as "'Shogun' meets 'Squid Game'." That's how Netflix's Vice President of Japanese Content Kaata Sakamoto is describing "Last Samurai Standing," which is a ...

10 Classic Samurai Movies to Watch While You Wait for ‘Shogun’ Season 2 Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films ...

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 ...

(These samurai devotees bring a cherished culture back to life.) Her nephew’s forces were routed, leaving Hangaku to hold off the shogun’s army alone. Torisaka was a rather modest wooden ...