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Kiru

Play trailer Kiru 1968,  1h 51m,  Action/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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In this deadpan parody of Japan's then-popular samurai film genre, Genta (Tatsuya Nakadai) puts down his samurai sword to become a freelance criminal. Meanwhile, Hanjiro (Etsushi Takahashi) is a poor struggling farmer who yearns for the power and respect being a samurai would bring him. Entering a sleepy village where a civil war is raging within the local ruling clan due to the machinations of the wily Ayuzama (Shigeru Kôyama), the pair of swordsmen must choose sides and fight.
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Kihachi Okamoto

Director

Tatsuya Nakadai

Genta

Etsushi Takahashi

Hanji

Naoko Kubo

Actor

Shigeru Kôyama

Tamiya Ayuzawa

Akira Kubo

Monnosuke Takei

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Kiru

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Movie Info

Synopsis In this deadpan parody of Japan's then-popular samurai film genre, Genta (Tatsuya Nakadai) puts down his samurai sword to become a freelance criminal. Meanwhile, Hanjiro (Etsushi Takahashi) is a poor struggling farmer who yearns for the power and respect being a samurai would bring him. Entering a sleepy village where a civil war is raging within the local ruling clan due to the machinations of the wily Ayuzama (Shigeru Kôyama), the pair of swordsmen must choose sides and fight.
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenwriter
Akira Murao, Kihachi Okamoto
Genre
Action, Comedy
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 51m
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