Cruise's other recent films have opened stronger, such as the $35.6 million debut for "Minority Report" and the $57.8 million opening of "Mission: Impossible II." "Samurai," which is nearly ...

Tom Cruise has built a career for himself running away from things in movies (oh, and a couple of death-defying stunts). But, imagine Tom Cruise running... with samurai swords. Before he flew away ...

In the breathless opening one-er of Last Samurai Standing, samurai protagonist Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada, also a producer and action choreographer) cuts through dozens of men as he charges across a ...

After watching the first episode of Last Samurai Standing, one thing becomes apparent very quickly: This show rules. I mean it is mint. I mean I walked around my apartment after it was over, saying ...

Tom Cruise appeared in the 2003 film, The Last Samurai, which serves as an inspiration for a new Netflix series.(AP) The Netflix series Last Samurai Standing, which premiered on 13 November, takes ...

Surrounded by uniformed snipers, a crowd of contestants gather at a secret location. Soon they will be forced to fight to the death, spurred on by the slim chance of winning a colossal cash prize.

It ends on multiple cliffhangers, teasing this batch of episodes as only the "first chapter." All six episodes are currently streaming on Netflix. In this century of rampant elite corruption and the ...

TOKYO (AP) — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of ...

This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara and Masahiro Higashide in a scene from "The Last Samurai Standing." (Chihoko Ishii/Netflix via AP) TOKYO ...

TOKYO — “Last Samurai Standing,” a Netflix series launching on Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Jun’ichi Okada, is one of ...