One of the joys of Netflix is that films that previously failed to find an audience in theaters will sometimes get a second chance to capture the viewers that eluded them the first time. Such is the ...

In Japanese folklore, few stories are more sacred than the story of the 47 Ronin. Despite this, Universal had high hopes for significant overseas revenues in order to justify the films burgeoning ...

American cinema conquered the globe without really having to look beyond its own borders, reducing the rest of the world to a series of spectacular locations and heavily accented bad guys. But as the ...

<i>This article has been corrected. See below.</i> — In “47 Ronin,” Keanu Reeves portrays the leader of a band of ronin — masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who must suffer the indignity of ...

Actor Keanu Reeves has turned bilingual for his fantasy action film "47 Ronin". He took help from a Japanese coach so that he could record his lines in Japanese, and says it was an "exciting" ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Set in 18th century Japan, 47 Ronin follows the quest of the titular shamed samurai, who have ...