Step into the world of Japan’s Onna-musha—female warriors who wielded swords and courage with equal force. This documentary reveals their battles, struggles, and triumphs in a society that often tried ...

Women Were Some of the Fiercest Samurai Warriors Ever In ancient Japan, battle was typically reserved for male samurai. That all changed when Takeko Nakano and her sister, Yuko, decided to fight ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with ...