Kill!
1968 · Movie · Not Rated · 114 min · ★ 7.0
Two struggling swordsmen drift into a bleak town and get pulled into a bitter clan conflict. As corruption closes in, they choose to stand with a small rebel group holding out in an isolated mountain cabin.
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Details
- Original title
- 斬る
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-06-22
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 114 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (81 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like lean samurai tales about drifters, corruption, and last-stand resistance in the spirit of Sanjuro or Samurai Assassin; Not for you if you want a light, upbeat adventure.
Pros: strong samurai setup; tense clan conflict; underdog rebellion | Cons: sparse story details; bleak atmosphere; familiar wandering heroes
Themes
- samurai
- based on novel or book
- yakuza
- ronin
- jidaigeki
Cast & crew
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Genta
Etsushi Takahashi
as Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
Yuriko Hoshi
as Chino Kajii
Tadao Nakamaru
as Magobei Shôda
Akira Kubo
as Monnosuke Takei
Shigeru Kōyama
as Tamiya Ayuzawa
Eijirō Tōno
as Hyogo Moriuchi
Shin Kishida
as Jurota Arao
Atsuo Nakamura
as Tetsutaro
Nami Tamura
as Yô
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto