Ironically, the samurai many remember as the "Last Samurai" helped lead the charge that eventually abolished his namesake. Interestingly enough, Saigō was initially one of the leaders of the Meiji ...

TOKYO — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...

Last Samurai Standing, a new series directed by Michihito Fujii and starring Junichi Okada, is coming to Netflix. In post-samurai era Japan, 292 fallen samurais are lured into a survival game where ...

The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?

The Japanese sword, often epitomized by the katana, is more than just a weapon. It is a symbol of Japan’s rich cultural history, craftsmanship, and the ideals of the samurai who wielded it. Known for ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara and Masahiro Higashide in a scene ...