Kiru (1968)

Kiru: Directed by Kihachi Okamoto. With Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru. Two ronin – an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer – get caught up in a local official’s complex game of murder and betrayal.

“This is an excellent Japanese action picture just chock full for fighting, killing and samurai stuff. Thatu0026#39;s fine with me, as I like that sort of film a lot. However, I donu0026#39;t particularly remember the film being THAT funny and it is certainly not a comedy. I am writing this because based on some of the other reviews, I person might assume that to be the case. Action–YES. Comedy–NOPE.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, I could see the parallel between this movie and the Zatoichi series. Our hero, Ichi, is always looking to help the little guy in trouble and he, too, did bad early in life and is always striving to undo this through good works (like the lead in KILL).”