In Japan and abroad, the samurai are often romanticized as a monolithic group who held themselves to the high moral code of conduct known as Bushido (“the way of the warrior”). While this image holds ...

The Japanese sword, often epitomized by the katana, is more than just a weapon. It is a symbol of Japan’s rich cultural history, craftsmanship, and the ideals of the samurai who wielded it. Known for ...

Everything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown’s captivating photographic series on Japan’s samurai. While Brown’s photographs look like artifacts from the warriors’ feudal-period heyday, ...

This past weekend, Netflix’s highly-anticipated new anime, Yasuke, hit the streaming service and we here at Uproxx love it. The series follows the rise of the first Black samurai, Yasuke, during one ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Gabriel Barbier-Mueller bought his first samurai armor about 20 years ago from an antiques dealer in Paris, sparking a fascination that helped him create one of the most ...

Admit it, that new Star Wars trailer got you all fired up. And it’s not just the welcome absence of a leaden Hayden Christensen. It’s the thrill of battle, the romance of the Jedi. Of course, George ...

In 2020, deep in worldwide quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the developers at Sucker Punch Productions unleashed Ghost of Tsushima, the acclaimed open-world samurai adventure that offered ...

In the breathless opening one-er of Last Samurai Standing, samurai protagonist Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada, also a producer ...