An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

Countless films have been inspired by Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, but one sci-fi retelling arguably stands above the rest.

No yawning here.

It's hard to nominate the four most significant samurai movies of all time, but you do have to consider classics like Seven Samurai and Harakiri.

HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” the long-running manga by Umemura Shinya,