Some of Japan's most iconic film characters, including Godzilla and the Seven Samurai, are reunited at a Tokyo exhibition that recalls the great age of Japanese film, and features Japanese-film ...

Writer/Director Sakamoto Yugo (A Janitor) and action director Sonomura Kensuke (Ghost Killer), along with the baby assassins ...

Haruo Nakajima, The Original Godzilla Actor, Dies : ... But he began his career in samurai films, including a small role in Akira Kurosawa's legendary 1954 film Seven Samurai.

Toho’s Godzilla franchise had to promise bigger things on smaller budgets. ... Kazuo Mori, another stalwart director of Zatoichi and samurai fare, would direct the third Daimajin film. Daiei/Arrow.

It seems the critical and commercial success of Shin Godzilla is inspiring Japanese filmmakers to take a chance on more serious-minded kaiju movies that blend genres. Such appears to be the case ...

“Godzilla Minus One” director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki and two-time Emmy Award winning actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada will be honored at the 23rd annual Visual Effects Society ...