One of 2026's most unusual samurai movies is The Samurai and the Prisoner, and it has already released to critical acclaim.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But few recent games parade their kino inspirations as blatantly as Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima (2020). The open-world epic ...

It’s turning out to be Kurosawa’s most popular film to date, if its reception in Japan, where it opened earlier this year, is any indication. That’s saying a lot for a direc ...

Like its predecessor, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yōtei celebrates renowned Japanese filmmakers through special presentation modes. Where Ghost of Tsushima had only a black-and-white homage to ...

In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress ...

Most people in the west know Japanese filmmaking legend Kiyoshi Kurosawa for his horror films, like 1997’s Cure and 2001’s ...

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The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki, with this plodding detective story set within the walls of a besieged 16th-century castle.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner trades swordplay for psychological warfare in a tense, intelligent tale of power and deception.

In the U.S., at least, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a director forever dogged by a question: “Any relation?” The answer is no. But with his latest film, “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” Mr. Kurosawa—the man ...

Seeing cinematic inspiration in video games is nothing new. In 1988, Snatcher saw a young Hideo Kojima doing the best Blade Runner impression that the MSX2 platform would allow; even Spielberg himself ...