Discover the thrilling ending of Kazuya Shiraishi’s 2024 samurai film, Bushido. Here is the explanation of Kakunoshin’s quest for revenge, the Go board game metaphors, and how he restores his honor ...

In this period drama, a vagrant samurai slays with a sword and his mastery of the game Go.

The Last Samurai, a sweeping Hollywood epic, tells the story of Katsumoto, a rebel samurai who dedicates his life to fighting the forces he believes are corrupting Japan’s traditional values. As seen ...

Bushi was the term used to refer to warriors, and a warrior family was called a buke. And it wasn’t used to refer to just any warrior. Those who called themselves bushi saw war and battle as their way ...

Bushido, which means "way of the warrior," refers to a complex set of Japanese values stressing honor and loyalty to country and family above all else. These values began to develop very informally as ...

With a variety of articles these days seemingly ignoring the history of mecha in Japan and fixating on just a few anime series, such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, it seems worthwhile to actually explore ...

Knowledge is not important. The armchair warrior strives to attain a state beyond knowledge, a state of deep, non-knowing connection to the universe: in particular, to that portion of the universe ...

The southeast corner of Beneva Road and Webber Street doesn’t look like much as you zip by in your car, but if you take the time to prowl the parking lot, you’ll find a global dining scene that will ...