Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Filmmakers all over the world have been inspired by Japanese movies ...

Beginning with the Uncharted series, and later perfected in The Last of Us, Sony Interactive Entertainment has made playable cinematic experiences its bread and butter over the last two decades.

When fans think of the great Akira Kurosawa, they often think of the grand samurai and war epics that came to define his career early on. Movies like Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden ...

In the 2003 film The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise stars as an American soldier who is taken in by a samurai clan and learns about ...

One of the most acclaimed directors of all time, Kurosawa made films that crossed cultural barriers to reveal universal truths. For many Americans, when they think of Japanese cinema, if their mind ...

Seeing cinematic inspiration in video games is nothing new. In 1988, Snatcher saw a young Hideo Kojima doing the best Blade Runner impression that the MSX2 platform would allow; even Spielberg himself ...