When you think of samurai movies, you probably think of sword-slashing action. There are plenty of swordfights in A Samurai in Time, but they don't turn out how you might expect in this charming ...

Samurai Sword Soul is set to headline Springfield's 26th annual Japanese Fall Festival next month. The theater company, based in New York, performs choreographed sword fighting, comedy and ...

The 37th edition of the Japanese festival will close with the feel-good French-Italian comedy 'Marcello Mio,' starring Chiara Mastroianni. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Produced by Japanese ...

The Okuma Kabuto Festival is an annual event at the Kumakabuto Arakashihiko-jinja Shrine in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. This festival pays tribute to the samurai era and commemorates significant ...

In the early ’90s, Japan’s Takeshi “Beat” Kitano was on a roll, with a superb string of nuanced crime movies that stood in stark contrast to the good-vs.-evil bullet operas that were coming out of ...

At least 111 horses suffered sunstrokes and two of them died during this year’s samurai festival in Japan, prompting organisers to contemplate altering dates for next year’s event. During the Soma ...