A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

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Netflix teased upcoming animated series for 'Minecraft,' 'Clash of Clans,' 'Magic the Gathering,' 'Ghostbusters' and more at ...

Ghost Dog (Forest ... modern samurai lifestyle, leaving viewers captivated yet powerless to stop the cycle of violence. Louie, his fellow mob men, and Ghost Dog romanticize “the old ways ...

The sophistication of these technologies has led to the ability to combine old, hand-drawn techniques with new ... Influenced by Japanese art and feudal scriptures, Samurai Jack takes on a uniquely ...

(Penguin Press) Burrough views the gunfighter as an Old West version ”of the difficult individual hero we’ve seen throughout history, whether you are talking about a samurai, a Cossack ...

After three years of work, the New York Sumo Club held its first tournament for amateur students of the ancient combat sport.

Every week The Arts Desk reviews latest releases as well as leading international ... A wild-haired young woman in Japanese peasant garb runs for her life through a barren forest... Hamlet Hail to the ...

This afternoon, the actual official not a pre-pre-pre show livestream of Summer Game Fest kicked off, highlighting multiple ...

My new show … takes the audience into a memory of me as a 12-year-old. My parents were divorcing ... I ran away from home and I got lost in a forest. The audience come into the Playhouse ...

We start in Nagoya, Japan’s lesser-known fourth-largest city. Often overlooked by tourists, it is easy to reach from the UK with just a single connection in Helsinki, and a great base from which to ...

THE EUNUCH [1971] and THE DEADLY KNIVES [1972] HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWED BY: Dr ...