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 ...

Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this.

NEW YORK — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To ...

The first installment in Hiroshi Inagaki’s epic and magisterial Samurai Trilogy, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which will be screened this Sunday at the McNay Art Museum, follows a young bandit and his ...

While Frank Miller’s output isn’t what it once was, the comic book legend continues to draw and write, as well as endorsing up-and-coming talent on a variety of projects. That includes a sequel to his ...

When Montopolis brought its last experimental score to Texas Theatre, they performed a custom soundtrack to Man With A Movie Camera. The show was, hands down, the best date night happening in Dallas ...

Samurai are among the most important people in Japanese culture and history, considering they remain a significant source of ...