Forget all the previous headlines promising series that are “The Next ‘Squid Game.’” New series “Last Samurai Standing” doesn’t just fit the bill—it’s even better. Freelance Writer Stop me if you’ve ...

Last Samurai Standing has now landed on Netflix, a six-episode series which takes place in the post-samurai era in Japan, where 292 fallen samurai find themselves lured into a game of survival, where ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

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 ...

Ghost of Tsushima‘s Jin Sakai is a badass. This one-man army is single handily capable of fighting off an entire Mongol Horde in Sucker Punch’s newest PlayStation exclusive. Not since Colonel John ...

In Last Samurai Standing, 292 fighters from across the land assemble for a merciless showdown to the death in the late 19th century, at the dawn of Japan’s transformative Meiji period (1868-1912).

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As Japan reopens to travel, now is the best time to explore the Tokaido, a major road that inspired humorous manga-like travel guides and one of the country’s most famous artworks. Mount Fuji rises ...

What Was Kawaji’s Motive Behind the Creation of Kodoku? Last Samurai Standing is set in the aftermath of the Boshin War, a decisive conflict that commands a significant place in the history of Japan, ...

Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” may be the survival-based class commentary action thriller released this week in theaters, but on the small screen, look for Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing,” which ...