Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this.

Countless films and filmmakers have been influenced by auteur filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s body of work, especially his 1954 epic “Seven Samurai.” The film, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last ...

Has it really been four years since Akira Kurosawa died? Has it really been 50 years since he made "Rashomon," a film about murder, love, judgment and relative truth that seems as current as anything ...