Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

In 1970s Japan, master swordsman Shiro, "The Assassin," weary of samurai honor and killing, tries to end his life during a sword fight but is saved by the ruthless Bohachi clan. Rejecting their ...

Hui-Ying Kerr previously received funding from the AHRC (now UKRI), for her doctorate in History of Design (2010 - 2013) on Japan in the 1980s Bubble Economy, including an AHRC-IPS grant for her ...

Netflix has revealed the release date and trailer for its live-action adaptation of Last Samurai Standing, based on the novel and manga Ikusagami from creator Shogo Imamura. Directed by Michihito ...

Samurai have never been strangers to film; in fact, an entire genre has sprung from their legend, with plenty of attendant offshoots, cross-pollinators and beneficiaries (Westerns, slasher films, Star ...

Billed as Netflix Japan‘s tentpole title for the year, Last Samurai Standing is set in 1878 Japan, and assembles 292 fallen samurais for a survival game, where the last competitor standing gets to ...

Netflix has unveiled a teaser and added new cast members to “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese samurai epic that is set to bow in November. The six-episode series is billed as “a tribute to the ...