A wandering samurai becomes involved with two other samurai who have been hired to execute a group of peasants who kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt government official, hoping to get their taxes reduced.

A fact-filled companion to Jack and Annie's fifth adventure discusses what it was like to be a ninja or samurai in ancient Japan and whether or not such talented martial-arts masters actually possessed special abilities.

Four classic films that turned a genre upside down and redefined for a modern generation the meaning of loyalty and honor.

Blade for Barter is the story of Ryusuke Washington, a private samurai for hire. He lives in New Edo, a hodgepodge city-state where New York City meets ancient Japan, where monolithic skyscrapers tower over ramshackle wooden huts, and salarymen and samurai walk side-by-side

Examines the world of the samurai by presenting stories about Japan's greatest warriors, with additional facts about their era, their beliefs, the ways that they trained, the armor they wore, and the weapons they used in battle.

The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort--a political marriage that will elevate her family's standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko...

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after failing to protect his family. Years later, he seeks redemption by helping a young girl avenge her parents death at the hands of a ruthless band of warriors.

Samurai flock to 1863 Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi, a band of warriors devoted to the Shogunate system, and a young, enthusiastic female, disguised as a male, hopes to join in order to avenge her murdered family.