Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a global hit on his hands with the upcoming Netflix tentpole ...

"Shōgun meets Squid Games." That's how Japanese actor, producer and action choreographer Junichi Okada describes his new Netflix show Last Samurai Standing, that has already become the talk of social ...

Japanese streamer U-NEXT and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are joining forces on an untitled “Japanese sword action” drama series. “This project links broadcasting and streaming in a brand-new ...

Set in 1878 Japan, Last Samurai Standing takes place in the post-feudal period when the few remaining samurai have become personas non grata, with a rapidly modernizing Japanese society shunning the ...

HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” ...