If you’ve ever wanted to see what a real-life samurai battle might have looked like, the Soma Nomaoi Festival in Fukushima ...

The six-part series features the now-standard combination of historical reenactment scenes intercut with a group of historians detailing the history we’re seeing on screen. “Age of Samurai ...

Even from a historical reenactment perspective, when samurai committed seppuku, those who could did so with a second on-hand to behead them shortly afterwards, so that they wouldn’t thrash around for ...