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HBO Max debuts its new samurai action series, Song of the Samurai, this week, functioning as a perfect Shōgun replacement.

HBO Max is set to bow "Song of the Samurai," a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan's most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from "Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem," ...

Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (“Wife of a Spy”) very first period film and most ambitious feature to date, “Kokurojo: The ...

HBO Max's new action series 'Song of the Samurai' could be the new 'Shogun' on streaming in May 2026.

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise ...

Japanese streamer U-NEXT and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are joining forces on an untitled “Japanese sword action” drama series. “This project links broadcasting and streaming in a brand-new ...

A mysterious swordmaster cuts a path of revenge through 17th-century Japan in an adult animated series created by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green. By Angie Han Television Critic If death is an art, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga ...