Kiru
The Sword-Cut
(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1962
(c)KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1962
- Release Date
- July, 1st, 1962
- Running Time
- 71 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- ICHIKAWA Raizo ── TAKAKURA Singo
- FUJIMURA Shiho ── YAMAGUCHI Fujiko
- NAGISA Mayumi ── TAKAKURA Yoshio
[ Staff ]
- SHIBATA Renzaburo ── From a novel by
- SHINDO Kaneto ── Screenplay
- HONDA Shozo ── Photography
- NAITO Akira ── Art Director
- SAITO Ichiro ── Music
[ Production Company ]
Daiei (Kyoto)
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
[ Story ]
A showcase of Misumi's skills as a modernist director, and the first installment in the "Sword Trilogy," a collaboration between the director and Daiei star ICHIKAWA Raizo. Ichikawa plays Takakura Shingo, a samurai whose foster father and sister are killed by a grudge-bearing neighbor. After avenging their deaths, the forlorn Shingo finds solace under a new lord only to fall victim to a treacherous attack, eventually culminating in his suicide by seppuku. From its electrifying opening to its bleakly nihilistic conclusion, the film is a masterclass in tension, never once letting go throughout its 71-minute runtime. Ichikawa, who brings an intense richness to the fleeting life of the protagonist, himself passed away at an early age seven years after the film was made.
Written by HOSHI Ryotaro
Translated by Adam Sutherland
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2022 Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival (4K restored version)
[ Contact (International) ]
KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Literature and Movie Group
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Attn: ZEZE Miki
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