Updated February 15, 2025, by Anthony Jeanetta. The samurai genre remains a reliable producer of quality content, from anime to live-action movie classics. This list is updated to include more of ...

Kurosawa directed the often-mentioned Seven Samurai or Yojimbo. The movie’s narrative structure ... Awards for directing or Best Picture by 1950. Best known for Westerns, Ford directed dozens ...

This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced ...

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in ...