The term eventually gained strong aristocratic overtones and brought great prestige to the samurai's lineage—so much so that warriors would recite their ancestry on the battlefield. By the 11th ...

From Drifters and Brave 10 to Samurai Champloo and Gintama, there's no shortage of exciting samurai anime to be enjoyed.

To be a samurai meant position and prestige, but it could all be taken away in an instant, plunging the once-proud warrior ...

These values began to develop very informally as early as the ninth century among the samurai warrior class, as various ideas circulated about the characteristics of an ideal warrior. Having ...

Hollywood's 1960 remake, "The Magnificent Seven," was itself a watershed movie; the two great western ... outlaw and warrior). "Once more we survive," the oldest, wisest samurai wearily tells ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite ... poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior class rose to power in the 12th century, and their influence grew ...

Netflix is set to captivate global audiences with its new Japanese series, 'Last Samurai Standing,' where ‘Shogun’ meets ‘Squid Game.' ...