A Samurai in Time is a real hidden gem. Available to rent (£3.49) and buy (£7.99) on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, this 2024 ...

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

While the samurai have not been offered financial reward for their efforts, Gorōbei is moved by the plight of the farmers, and ultimately joins up because he likes Kambei’s vibe, and wants to ...

A farmer by trade, he’s been celebrating the samurai for 73 years. The festival has been held for more than a thousand years; its origins lie in the military training of the lord of Soma’s ...

The samurai are trained killers; the farmers are built to endure. As the villagers celebrate triumph over the outlaws, the samurai adds that “the victory belongs to these peasants, not us.” ...

Japanese history researcher Yasutsune Owada joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about samurai. What caused the ultimate downfall of the samurai? What was samurai warfare like?

Kikuchiyo is a shifter, a liaison between peasant farmers (that’s his origin) and higher status fighters. After the burial of the first samurai killed by the bandits, Kikuchiyo plants on the ...

To protect themselves from the invaders, the farmers go in search of ronin — master-less samurai for hire — who can ward off the marauders and keep the village safe. One of the film’s co ...

On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...