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Across eras, across types of weapons and armor, there remains the bushido code that compels us. Here are the 50 best samurai movies:

The tie that binds our September releases of Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story and Koji Fukada’s Love Life: the great tradition of the Japanese domestic drama.

From a pulp novel by Ed McBain, Akira Kurosawa fashioned a gripping procedural thriller that ranks among his greatest contemporary-set films. Jasper Sharp digs into a tale of extortion, social distinction and pink smoke.

The premiere of Rashomon was a watershed moment for Japanese cinema, but what was the appeal of this tale of unreliable narrators set in the far distant past? And how did the peculiarities of its initial screenings affect the way Kurosawa’s masterpiece was interpreted?

New York, December 2022—Japan Society is pleased to announce two new premieres as part of its January Monthly Anime and Classics lineups: the World theatrical...

Sonic cooking, Finnish love life, and the ‘third greatest Japanese film’. What are you watching this weekend?

Alonso Duralde spotlights the month's new physical-media releases -- because you can't count on HBO Max to hang onto anything

This September, ARROW brings the mutants, religious horror, gnarly exploitation films, and more. Check out the full line-up.

Japan in the second half of the first millennium. A time of art and culture, but also of pestilence, power struggles and bloodshed. Here’s what the pre-medieval period looks like on film.

Feudal Japan was a time of warriors, ghosts and wandering samurai. The turbulence has inspired some of the country’s greatest filmmakers, from Kurosawa to Miyazaki.