Total War: Warhammer 2 is more than just a sequel to Total War: Warhammer. Both games have similar strengths and weaknesses, ...

Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869) ...

11 Rebels is set during Japan’s Boshin War, a civil war between the new Imperial regime and the holdouts of the shogunate. Many nuances of the conflict may be lost on those unfamiliar with this ...

Dir: Shiraishi Kazuya. Japan. 2024. 155 mins. A unapologetically old-school Samurai action rampage, 11 Rebels takes place against the backdrop of Japan’s Boshin War in 1868, in which the New ...

The Aizu Domain, of course, sided with the Tokugawa and sent forth many of their most formidable troops into battle to rally to the cause. The Byakkotai “White Tiger Force,” however, was a group of 19 ...

Three things: Samurai, sake, and ease of travel. Owing to its ideal location surrounded by mountain ranges, Aizu-Wakamatsu was one of the last samurai strongholds of the Edo period (1603 to 1868) and ...