Although Kurosawa was fiercely critical of many aspects of medieval Japanese society, he was of samurai stock himself ... this blind masseur with a deadly sword-cane, a lust for gambling, and ...

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding samurai and stealthy ninja assassins. These figures, often seen in popular movies and games about pre-modern Japan, are only loosely based on ...

Next time you fly, be sure to leave your medieval weapons at home. A woman who was traveling out of New York City's LaGuardia Airport on Monday was found to be carrying a "samurai sword" in her ...

Now, we can add a fourth to that prestigious list with the Kingsford Knives KwaiKing, which fuses modern minimalism with Samurai tradition. Growing up in Australia, Tim Kingsford often played with ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...