Netflix has greenlit a second season of “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese period-action series that has become a global streaming hit since its debut. Set during Japan’s Meiji period in the late ...

Azuchi Castle is the main fortress in the titular city of Azuchi, located on the eastern side of Lake Biwa in the Omi province. It's unique for two reasons: The Samurai Daisho don't appear until ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Junichi Okada talks about the new Netflix series and how his role as action planner touches nearly every part of ...

Netflix has officially renewed Last Samurai Standing for a second season. Kokushu the Manslayer, also known as Shujiro Saga, will survive to fight another day in the deadly game called Kodoku, where ...

Himeji Castle is the major castle in the Harima province, located in the western part of it in the major city. It's northeast of the Saifikuji Temple, north-northwest of the Himeji Kakurega, and south ...

The film was long and getting longer by the day. Worse still, the director was bent on shooting outdoors, on a mountainous peninsula west of Tokyo, and the rain, during the interminably long ...

Netflix renews Last Samurai Standing for Season 2 The series topped charts in 88 countries and earned a Critics’ Choice nomination Junichi Okada and Michihito Fujii promise an even bigger, ...

Samurai are the subject of ceaseless fascination for many gamers thanks to their ornate armor, razor-sharp weaponry, and the stories that have been told about them in other media, thanks to directors ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

Steel yourself for more blades, blood and battle - Netflix's Japanese period-action series Last Samurai Standing has been renewed for a second season. The streamer confirmed the pickup on Friday in ...

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