Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' is an engrossingly elegant adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa's prizewinning historical novel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (“Wife of a Spy”) very first period film and most ambitious feature to date, “Kokurojo: The ...

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Kokurojo” (The Samurai and the Prisoner) is the award-winning Japanese filmmaker’s first go at ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga ...

Japanese streamer U-NEXT and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are joining forces on an untitled “Japanese sword action” drama series. “This project links broadcasting and streaming in a brand-new ...

John Wick star Hiroyuki Sanada's new series Shōgun has debuted with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on James Clavell’s 1975 novel of the same name, the 10-episode limited series is set in the ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

*Yasuke, believed to be the first black samurai ever, is about to be featured in full-length action film adaptation. Lionsgate is bringing Asian history to the big screen with this cultural crossover ...

HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” ...