A group of the fighting elite, trained in martial arts, these highly disciplined men and women, with their light armour and super sharp blades, made European knights look like clumsy amateurs. And the ...

And he was determined to add a samurai element. "At the time I had immersed ... traditional costumes for the Scottish weather. "We had kimono costumes but not the kind I would wear in Japanese cinema, ...

And he was determined to add a samurai element ... "We had kimono costumes but not the kind I would wear in Japanese cinema," he says. "This had a lot of pieces and I would wear it like a coat ...

Wicked” landing on Peacock for home sing-alongs and Ellen Pompeo starring in her first big role since stepping back from ...

they had these wild costumes and tons of energy and smiles on their faces. I found that really appealing. The 5.6.7.8’s are veterans of Japan’s equal-opportunity garage scene. “Another thing ...

The navigator, John Blackthorne, was inspired by William Adams (1564-1620), the first known Western samurai in Japan. Blackthorne ... crafted sets to gorgeous costumes to the cast’s outstanding ...

The film won two Oscars, for costume and production design ... time-hopping epic to feudal Japan. This chapter tells the story of Naoe, a ninja who’s out to avenge her father’s death ...

Japanese Minimalism with a Twist The Kyoto ... But the sumptuously vivid 1625 costume portrait of Lady Anne Lawley, née Manning, by John Souch requires no elaborate backstory.