Kihachi OKAMOTO 岡本喜八
斬る
Kill!
Nippon Retro ²
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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斬る
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日本 1968
114 分
海外セールス
Toho
フィルム所蔵
Japan Foundation
キャスト
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.