Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a global hit on his hands with the upcoming Netflix tentpole ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...

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 ...

One of the most influential character archetypes in film history is adapting to contemporary social mores and finding new life on Japan’s screens big and small. By Gavin Blair By the time the samurai ...

*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 ...