One of 2026's most unusual samurai movies is The Samurai and the Prisoner, and it has already released to critical acclaim.

The classic movie is considered the best action film ever made, and it subsequently inspired one of the greatest westerns of all time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But few recent games parade their kino inspirations as blatantly as Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima (2020). The open-world epic ...

The director laces a 16th-century period drama with a series of mysteries in his latest film, which centers on a samurai who rebels against the local warlord.

He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly watch and write about almost anything, from old ...

It’s turning out to be Kurosawa’s most popular film to date, if its reception in Japan, where it opened earlier this year, is any indication. That’s saying a lot for a direc ...

Like its predecessor, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yōtei celebrates renowned Japanese filmmakers through special presentation modes. Where Ghost of Tsushima had only a black-and-white homage to ...

The "Cure" and "Pulse" director breaks down his samurai epic in conversation with IndieWire.

A film about modern education, a samurai whodunit, a Mexican American coming-of-age tale, and a Jewish summer-camp comedy are ...

In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress ...

Among Japanese cinema’s brightest lights, writer-director Kiyoshi Kurasawa has scored internationally with his period piece, ...

Seeing cinematic inspiration in video games is nothing new. In 1988, Snatcher saw a young Hideo Kojima doing the best Blade Runner impression that the MSX2 platform would allow; even Spielberg himself ...