Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

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Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing” is a TV lover’s fever dream: Take the violent survival games and critiques of capitalism of “Squid Game,” but set them in an era of Japan similar to that of the ...

This is a series some have called the “Japanese Squid Game” and the description is fair, though it must be noted that the South Korean dystopian drama (2021 to 2025) came after Battle Royale (2000), a ...

“This should be exciting,” I said to my wife as I sat down to watch the sixth and final episode of Last Samurai Standing’s first season. “There should be some cool fights.” My wife laughed. “I think ...

After finishing Netflix’s latest battle-royale series, Last Samurai Standing, fans were left hanging with plenty of cliffhangers. Netflix hasn’t yet green-lit another season, but how is it looking so ...