Set in 1878 Japan, Last Samurai Standing takes place in the post-feudal period when the few remaining samurai have become personas non grata, with a rapidly modernizing Japanese society shunning the ...

There’s just something magical about period dramas. Maybe it’s the way they drop you smack in the middle of another era — ...

Chadwick Boseman is set to star in the action drama 'Yasuke' as an African samurai warrior. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Boseman will play the role of Yasuke, the Japanese name of a samurai of ...

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise ...

Netflix's samurai drama is a bloody good time. Last Samurai Standing is a bloody historical drama pitting once-powerful samurai against each other in a cutthroat tournament. It ends on multiple ...

Head into the weekend with a samurai stand-off, a pint of the black stuff and some drama, and some vampire hunting.

The Big Ideas: What Is History? Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada, two stars of the hit series “Shogun,” discuss history, acting and what they’d bring to the present from feudal Japan. By Ian Carlino ...

*Yasuke, believed to be the first black samurai ever, is about to be featured in full-length action film adaptation. Lionsgate is bringing Asian history to the big screen with this cultural crossover ...

Japanese streamer U-NEXT and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are joining forces on an untitled “Japanese sword action” drama series. “This project links broadcasting and streaming in a brand-new ...

"Shōgun meets Squid Games." That's how Japanese actor, producer and action choreographer Junichi Okada describes his new Netflix show Last Samurai Standing, that has already become the talk of social ...

Last Samurai Standing is a bloody historical drama pitting once-powerful samurai against each other in a cutthroat tournament. It ends on multiple cliffhangers, teasing this batch of episodes as only ...