Panku-zamurai, kirarete sôrô (2018)

Panku-zamurai, kirarete sôrô: Directed by Gakuryû Ishii. With Gô Ayano, Keiko Kitagawa, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide. In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze (‘black wave’) Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction. This gets him in, but he is soon disproved and arrested. Given the death sentence and awaiting death he has to be quick on his feet and figure out a way to get himself out of the hole. Then the resurrection occurs.

“Wow… what was this I just watched? Reading about it, sounded very normal: u0026quot;In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze (u0026#39;black waveu0026#39;) Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction…u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll I can tell you is that it was far from anything normal! Crazy, exciting, perfectly paced fantasy adventure with romance and revenge, full of action and social analysis! If we are talking about building characters, watch this, and we can talk again!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSurprisingly, refreshingly unusual, from the choice of music, story, acting, directing, even the photography and editing! It will be a cult movie if it isnu0026#39;t already.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe director Gakuryû Ishii is a master of his trade, and this outstanding film just confirms it! Kankurô Kudô wrote wonderful screenplay following Kou Machidau0026#39;s novel which was disturbingly good by itself. I do not want to forget the two gems of acting Gô Ayano as Junoshin Kake and Keiko Kitagawa as Ron – performances delivered so easily that I wondered if this was their second nature.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatch it!”