In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress ...

A director best known for eerie thrillers like 'Cure' and 'Pulse' leans into a mystery set at a feudal castle, where rivalry ...

Acclaimed Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of cinema’s most eclectic auteurs, his filmography populated by sterling ...

The director laces a 16th-century period drama with a series of mysteries in his latest film, which centers on a samurai who ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs a satisfying period piece about the tense collaboration between a lord and a cunning envoy.

"The Samurai and the Prisoner," as expected from one of this generation’s very best—if not, dare I say, absolute masters—is as resolved and seductive as fans might expect ...

With more than a decade of Excalibur Knights of the Round Table success, Roger Dubuis turns to 17th century Japanese history ...

In The Samurai and the Prisoner, the great Japanese director sets his sights on feudal Japan.

The "Cure" and "Pulse" director breaks down his samurai epic in conversation with IndieWire.

The best samurai anime on Crunchyroll is about to make its highly anticipated return, and fans won’t have to wait long. Season 2 of The Elusive Samurai brings back its acclaimed creative team and ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director known as “the master of horror,” was a bit nervous about how viewers might react to ...