It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean and Jonathan Pryce. The film is about a team of former special operatives …

Ronin: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård. A freelancing former U.S. intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package …

rōnin, any of the masterless samurai warrior aristocrats of the late Muromachi (1138–1573) and Tokugawa (1603–1867) periods who were often vagrant and disruptive and sometimes actively …

Mar 20, 2025 · What is a rōnin in Japan, and how is it different to a samurai? To be a samurai meant position and prestige, but it could all be taken away in an instant, plunging the once-proud warrior …

May 7, 2025 · A ronin was a samurai warrior in feudal Japan without a master or lord — known as a daimyo. A samurai could become a ronin in several different ways: his master might die or fall from …

The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master's land. It later came to be used for a samurai who had no master. In medieval times, the …

47 rōnin, the 47 loyal samurai of the lord of Akō, whose vendetta ranks as one of the most dramatic episodes of Japanese history. The incident began in April 1701, when imperial envoys from Kyōto …

2 days ago · Director of 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch, was found guilty of scamming Netflix out of over $11 million and could face up to 90 years in jail.

When you hear the word “ronin,” you are hearing the story of a samurai without a master. In ancient Japan, a samurai served a powerful lord, called a daimyō. If that lord died, lost power, or dismissed …

2 days ago · A New York jury found the director of 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch, guilty of defrauding Netflix of $11 million over a sci-fi show that never came to fruition. With his trial lasting just under two weeks ...