Kihachi OKAMOTO 岡本喜八
Kill!
斬る
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In 1833, starving former samurai Genta (Tatsuya NAKADAI) comes to a desolate town. Little does he know that he is about to find himself mixed up in an intrigue between the samurai and the yakuza. Drawing on spaghetti Western tropes, Kihachi OKAMOTO’s visually stunning classic unmasks the futility of violence and power struggles.
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Japan 1968
114 minutes
Director
Kihachi OKAMOTO
Script
Kihachi OKAMOTO, Akira MURAO based on a novel by Shugoro YAMAMOTO
Cinematography
Rokuro NISHIGAKI
World sales
Toho
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Tatsuya NAKADAI, Etsushi TAKAHASHI, Atsuo NAKAMURA, Akira KUBO, Seishiro KUNO
About Kihachi OKAMOTO
岡本喜八
Kihachi OKAMOTO, born in 1923, studied at the renowned Meiji University before founding his own film company. As a director, he shot in diverse genres, especially anti-war and samurai films as well as modern comedies. He died in 2005.