Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe may be raking in big box-office bucks as The Last Samurai, but a rival claimant to the title has emerged in the unlikely form of a sword-wielding British TV producer. Karl ...

Battōjutsu, also referred to as iai or iaijutsu, is a martial art focused specifically on quickly drawing the sword from its sheath in preparation for combat or to ward off an attack. Movements must ...

I don't think he's a samurai. Being a samurai is not about showing off and being famous. It's about what's inside you, not outside. I don't know about him, but I think a non-Japanese can be a samurai ...

On November 13, 2025, Netflix released Last Samurai Standing, a Japanese action drama set during the final years of the samurai era. The show blends historical reality with fictional storytelling, ...

Adapted from James Clavell’s eponymous 1975 novel, FX’s limited series 'Shogun' on Disney+ throws viewers into the complex and turbulent world of Japan’s Sengoku or ‘Warring States’ period (1467-1615) ...