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Kiru (Widescreen, Black & White) (Criterion Collection Region 1) - Okamoto, KihachiReleasedatum: 25 oktober 2005
In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as Akira Kurosawa’s Sanjuro, Kill! playfully tweaks samurai film convention, borrowing elements from established chanbara classics and seasoning them with a little Italian western.
DVD Extra's:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Original theatrical trailer and teaser. New essay by film and culture critic Howard Hampton. New and improved English subtitle translation.
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