Cannes: The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki, with this plodding detective story set within the walls of ...

Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here, has received a positive preliminary evaluation for UNESCO World ...

The Japanese auteur arrives at Cannes with castle thriller 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' - and two of his most celebrated students, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Koji Fukada, competing for the Palme d'Or ...

Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown - or in this case, the samurai topknot - in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s absorbing, ...

The historical whodunit has been hailed as "'Shōgun' Meets Agatha Christie" by critics following its Cannes premiere.

Fans can buy a Japanese castle of their own for $64K, but there is a twist to it. Notably, this concrete and steel structure was built in 1991 and spans 1,571 square meters. The six-story ...

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A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the Marine Corps air station in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. The Kashiwabara ...

I was born on a military installation in West Germany, visited England two years ago and even walked inside a couple of Saddam’s old palaces during an Iraq deployment. But I’d never seen a ...