In a marketplace already glutted with Hero and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, how’s a samurai soap opera to distinguish itself? In the case of The Twilight Samurai, it’s by playing down the action and ...

Samurai have never been strangers to film; in fact, an entire genre has sprung from their legend, with plenty of attendant offshoots, cross-pollinators and beneficiaries (Westerns, slasher films, Star ...

Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Filmmakers all over the world have been inspired by Japanese movies ...