*Starz is developing an action-drama series under the working title “Black Samurai” with Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Academy Award winner Common, who will also executive produce under his Freedom ...

Netflix's original Japanese action series, "Last Samurai Standing," is set to be released next year. The samurai action series is set in Japan's Meiji period and features Junichi Okada as the lead ...

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 ...

Netflix recently released a martial arts masterpiece TV show to rival Shōgun, but this release is an even more satisfying ...

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise ...

Chadwick Boseman is set to star in the action drama 'Yasuke' as an African samurai warrior. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Boseman will play the role of Yasuke, the Japanese name of a samurai of ...

The Emmy-winning star of Disney and FX's smash hit period drama also shares some of his favorite samurai films and what he's most excited to explore in Lord Toranaga's next chapter. By Patrick Brzeski ...

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 ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

"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 ...