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 ...

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Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing” is a TV lover’s fever dream: Take the violent survival games and critiques of capitalism of “Squid Game,” but set them in an era of Japan similar to that of the ...

After finishing Netflix’s latest battle-royale series, Last Samurai Standing, fans were left hanging with plenty of cliffhangers. Netflix hasn’t yet green-lit another season, but how is it looking so ...

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Samurai schools are failing our children. There, I said it. Kyohachi-ryu School, “the origin of swordsmanship” if its brochure is to be believed, has one teacher and eight students — okay, so they’ve ...

Yesterday, I commented that Last Samurai Standing on Netflix had an exceedingly rare double 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores across both critics and audiences. Today, that’s almost still true, albeit the ...

In 1582, the first Japanese diplomatic mission bound for Europe set off from Nagasaki. Conceived of by Jesuit missionaries, the Tenshō embassy was composed of four young Japanese noblemen who over the ...

What Was Kawaji’s Motive Behind the Creation of Kodoku? Last Samurai Standing is set in the aftermath of the Boshin War, a decisive conflict that commands a significant place in the history of Japan, ...

From inspired cinematography to intensely choreographed fight sequences, a simple yet gripping plot, and exploration of one of the most crucial transformative periods of Japan’s history, Netflix’s ...

Last Samurai Standing has now landed on Netflix, a six-episode series which takes place in the post-samurai era in Japan, where 292 fallen samurai find themselves lured into a game of survival, where ...