In 1582, the first Japanese diplomatic mission bound for Europe set off from Nagasaki. Conceived of by Jesuit missionaries, the Tenshō embassy was composed of four young Japanese noblemen who over the ...

As the Meiji Era begins, an honorable samurai is forced to fight again, so that his family may live. The six-episode Last Samurai Standing, directed and co-written by Michihito Fujii, and based on the ...

Surrounded by uniformed snipers, a crowd of contestants gather at a secret location. Soon they will be forced to fight to the death, spurred on by the slim chance of winning a colossal cash prize.

Junichi Okada stars, produces and did the action choreography on this six-part series about a nefarious game pitting samurai against each other in 19th-century Japan. By Daniel Fienberg Chief ...

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 ...

Countless films and filmmakers have been influenced by auteur filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s body of work, especially his 1954 epic “Seven Samurai.” The film, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last ...

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The New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink in Brooklyn, has seen a surge in demand for Asian history themed tattoos, from ancient Buddhas to dragons and Samurai warriors. Luxury ...

In the seven centuries samurai ruled Japan, women played an essential role in both creating and upholding the warrior state. Aside from a brief period in the 14th century, the emperor was little more ...

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