TOKYO — Samurais are Yoji Yamada’s new passion. They have almost nothing to do with the Western image of fighting machines drenched in blood or the sword-wielding, testosterone-filled heroes of ...

Think of "Twilight Samurai" as the equivalent of a late-'50s western. I'd date it to about 1958, as the genre, after 55 years, is overcome by fatigue. It has worked through most of its permutations: ...

Read up on the latest The Twilight Samurai News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Seibei Iguchi, a humble and low-ranking samurai, balances his duties with caring for his two young ...

I must admit my knowledge of samurai culture comes mainly from reading James Clavell's Shogun and watching Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack. This lack of knowledge, though, was no deterrent to becoming ...

Japan’s Oscar selection, this melancholic drama by Yoji Yamada records the workaday life of a poor nineteenth-century samurai who (inevitably) gets called back for one last mission. Despite the lead’s ...