Rating: 8/10 "The Last Samurai" (2003) All samurai carry katana. When going outside, they carry two swords. Inside rooms they would carry a short katana like the one I'm holding, called a tanto.

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... Once the skilled smith has removed all of the slag, he can judge the carbon ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the next samurai to change the course of Japanese (and warrior) history. Through a series of successful political and military campaigns, he asserted control over all of ...

Throughout its history, Spokane has had close ties to Japan.

DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--An outstanding collection of Japanese swords that had been ... Kitazaki said he eventually wanted all his swords to be donated to Kyushu National Museum, so his ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Gregory Irvine, Nicola Liscutin and Angus Lockyer discuss the history of the Samurai and the role of their myth in Japanese ... with Samurai swords, encapsulating the ...