From medieval beginnings, the samurai have inspired art, fiction and films, from Shōgun to Star Wars. But their true story is ...

For hundreds of years samurai roamed the lands for instilling justice and educating the population during peacetime under the patronage of their daimyo who paid them regular taxes out of their ...

Lakeith Stanfield brings the legend of Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai in feudal Japan, to screen in the trailer for Netflix and MAPAA’s latest anime series that premieres this week. The ...

A magnificent exhibition reveals how these fearsome warriors lived on, long after their fighting days were over ...

What comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘samurai’? For most people, the imagination rolls out like men on the ...

One of the most influential character archetypes in film history is adapting to contemporary social mores and finding new life on Japan’s screens big and small. By Gavin Blair By the time the samurai ...

As a major exhibition opens at the British Museum, our writer traces the history and heritage of Japan’s great warrior class Chris is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience ...