The Japanese auteur arrives at Cannes with castle thriller 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' - and two of his most celebrated students, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Koji Fukada, competing for the Palme d'Or ...
The director of 'Cloud' and 'Cure' returns to Cannes with a period piece set in 16th-century feudal Japan, when warring samurai clans fought for control of the land.
Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown - or in this case, the samurai topknot - in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s absorbing, clean-lined literary adaptation, for which the veteran filmmaker brings to life a ...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, master of slow dread, makes his first period film and shrinks an entire war down to one cell. The Samurai ...
This un-touristy metropolis has a fascinating heritage and authentic, mouthwatering cuisine. Kate Crockett meets locals, ...
Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here, has received a positive preliminary evaluation for UNESCO World ...
Several Japanese castles with wooden structures dating back to the feudal era were destroyed during World War II. Although ...
Way before Nintendo announced they were bringing Samurai Warriors 3 to North America, Koei and Nintendo teamed up to mix Mystery of Murasame Castle into the Wii Warriors game. Mystery of Murasame ...