Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill the hearts of any foe with terror, Japan's famous samurai warriors also had ...

Before radios, fingerprints, or modern patrol cars, samurai lawmen kept order with notebooks, nerve, and centuries-deep codes. From Edo’s street magistrates to Kyoto’s crisis-era patrols and the Meiji ...

Variety reports that Bazawule will direct a film based on the samurai Yasuke, one of the most famous samurai in history and one of the most unique, since he was Japan’s first Black samurai. Reportedly ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a samurai badass. We have his battle armor to prove it. At one time the de facto ruler of Japan, Hideyoshi (1537-1581) was one of the most celebrated and victorious warlords of ...

George Lucas drew inspiration from countless sources when creating Star Wars, ranging from science fiction serials like Flash Gordon to various wars from the real world, but one of his most important ...