Samurai Swords is a reissue of this game.
Nothing is changed but the name.
I have mostly played it by its old name, so I'll use that here. The miniatures are well made and looks cool, but has an unfortunate tendency to break. If one ensures that each player starts with the same number of forces of each kind, this doesn't matter much. The rules are well-written and has many good examples. The game is a conquest game, where you try to conquer territory to increase you income.