Viewers will love One Piece even more when they understand the cultural layers under the surface of concepts like “nakama” ...

What happens to the baby in ShÅ gun as part of Tadayoshiâ s seppuku is by far the darkest moment in FXâ s historic epic. While ShÅ gun featured a lot of heavy and violent scenes ...

AN outlandish contest daring participants to impersonate Japanese samurai writhing in pain after “seppuku” – ritual suicide – has been called off after criticism that it was in poor taste.

Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with themes of seppuku, duty, and loyalty to one’s masters and the shogun, we see very little in ...

Appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments the Seppuku Pistols are a taiko music group that carry on the traditions of Japans Edo era In this in this road movie documentary the ...