Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo was remade just three years later, but it wasn't the first time his work had been reimagined in another genre.

When Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni were writing the screenplay for their 1954 epic "Seven Samurai," they couldn't have predicted its lasting influence on cinema. Not only did ...

which itself was a retelling of The Seven Samurai. The idea of remaking this famous Western began with producer Roger Birnbaum, the man behind such movies as Invictus, the Rush Hour trilogy and ...

He guides through the many types of samurai armor in "47 Ronin," starring Keanu Reeves. He talks about how to battle multiple opponents at once in "Harakiri;" and "Seven Samurai," starring Toshiro ...