Kiyoshi Kurosawa takes on the samurai film for the first time with ‘The Samurai And The Prisoner,’ a Janus Films murder ...

The Jidaigeki was once a thriving genre of both film and television. However, over the years, these tales of honourable samurai triumphing over evil have fallen by the wayside. The genre’s biggest ...

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with themes of seppuku, duty, and loyalty to one’s masters and the shogun, we see very little in terms of ...