Fans accuse Quentin Tarantino of copying Lady Snowblood in Kill Bill, but the filmmaker openly admitted the 1973 classic inspired his revenge saga.

The Irish actress was just 18 when she appeared on BBC show I'd Do Anything in a bid to land the role of Nancy - narrowly ...

Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films draw heavily from this '70s Japanese action star's work, particularly when it comes to ...

The end of the year can be so relentlessly busy, it’s important to take some time to kick back and relax … and watch tons of ...

In 1582, the first Japanese diplomatic mission bound for Europe set off from Nagasaki. Conceived of by Jesuit missionaries, the Tenshō embassy was composed of four young Japanese noblemen who over the ...

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 ...

As the Meiji Era begins, an honorable samurai is forced to fight again, so that his family may live. The six-episode Last Samurai Standing, directed and co-written by Michihito Fujii, and based on the ...

Hui-Ying Kerr previously received funding from the AHRC (now UKRI), for her doctorate in History of Design (2010 - 2013) on Japan in the 1980s Bubble Economy, including an AHRC-IPS grant for her ...

The genius of Kill Bill begins with its creator, Quentin Tarantino. By the early 2000s, Tarantino had already established himself as a master of dialogue and non-linear storytelling with films like ...

When Kill Bill first came out, it didn’t feel like your average action movie. It was a wild mix of revenge, honor, and nods to old-school films from all over the world. Quentin Tarantino went all in - ...

Countless films and filmmakers have been influenced by auteur filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s body of work, especially his 1954 epic “Seven Samurai.” The film, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last ...

James is a writer for GameRant. He fell in love with video games as a child and has yet to recover. He is still obsessed with Ocarina Of Time and regularly lectures people on how Metal Gear Solid ...