Video games have captured the essence of the Samurai with precision, from historical epics to story-driven titles. Cult classics like Bushido Blade offer unique gameplay mechanics, like one-hit kills ...

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 ...

One of the most well-known archetypes in gaming is the Samurai, a warrior typically clad in armor from Japan’s cultural history or using a katana sword from the same heritage. However, a samurai is ...

Ghost of Tsushima was recently launched on PC as announced by Sucker Punch, but some regions are not getting it anytime sooner. Depending on availability in your region, this popular samurai game has ...

While there are more fantastic Japanese films than one list can cover, here are the highest-rated on IMDb.

Matthew Magnus Lundeen is a writer, critic, and aspiring cinephile trying way too hard and simultaneously not enough. He writes anime features for Game Rant when he isn't trying to write fiction.

This balance is wonderfully executed in Eiichi Kudo’s thematic trilogy, which features some of the director’s most iconic works— 13 Assassins (1963), The Great Killing (1964) and 11 Samurai (1967). If ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...