As Japan modernized in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Samurai became obsolete, but they are far from forgotten. They live on in various forms of media, which include live-action movies, novels, ...

Watch an exclusive clip from Lone Samurai, starring Shogen as a shipwrecked samurai fighting for survival against cannibals ...

Anyone would grant that a Japanese anime that transplants “Hamlet” to a surreal netherworld is a touch more ambitious than ...