The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau, meaning "to serve," and was first used in A.D. 702 to describe mid-to-low-ranking court administrators and, later, armed imperial guards.

Tasogare, which means “twilight,” was given to him because at dusk, he would leave the other samurai to attend to his children and his mother, who has dementia. As a low-ranking samurai ...

Samurai movies typically deliver reliable thrills and action scenes, but classics like Seven Samurai and 13 Assassins are especially entertaining.