Did that series have Richard Chamberlain in it? If it did then I saw it. I saw a series of Samurai something back in the day, and I'm talking bout 11-12 years ago on VHS. Richard's character was a Portugese sailor that gets shipwrecked off the coast of Japan. Stroy continues on from there.

I agree, it has a much better depiction of Samurai, and ninjas IIRC.