Kiru
Directed by:
Kihachi OkamotoComposer:
Masaru SatōCast:
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Kubo, Eijirō Tōno, Ben Hiura, Akira Hamada, 星由里子, 鈴木治夫, Etsushi TakahashiPlots(1)
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, mixing in elements from Italian westerns and established chanbara classics alike. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kubo
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)
Sanjuro (1962)
Eijirō Tōno
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Ben Hiura
Japan
Best movies:
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Fort Graveyard (1965)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
Akira Hamada
Japan
Best movies:
Kill! (1968)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Bayside Shakedown (1998)
星由里子
Japan
Best movies:
Kill! (1968)
Band of Assassins (1969)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
鈴木治夫
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Etsushi Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)