The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior ...

The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?

The 80s anime classic Samurai Troopers, known internationally as Ronin Warriors, is getting a new anime, and it looks great. The original show’s premise dealt with a demonic invasion being thwarted by ...

Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on the battlefield. In this documentary, we explore their role in feudal ...

We think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations ...

The Netflix series follows Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), a warrior struggling to care for his sick wife and daughter in post-samurai era Japan. He becomes one of nearly 300 fighters to compete in a ...

C.M. Edwards is a writer currently employed by Valnet as a GameRant lists writer. He has been working professionally as a writer and editor for the past seven years in multiple fields, including comic ...

Samurai Troopers blended elements of mecha, sentai, and the samurai into a hugely popular and enduring anime, something this Blu-ray set pays tribute to. Samurai Troopers dealt with the return of ...

Last Samurai Standing is set during the late 19th century, where the era of samurai was coming to an end following the introduction and adoption of firearms to Japan. Shujiro is one of 292 warriors, ...

At dawn, people dressed as armoured samurai warriors join the Shinto priests on a kilometre-long climb back to the summit shrine ...