Kill! (1968)
"Kiru" (original title)

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up a local officials complex game of murder and betrayal.

Director:

Kihachi Okamoto

Writers:

Kihachi Okamoto (screenplay), Akira Murao (screenplay),

Stars:

Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Yuriko Hoshi

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Genta
Etsushi Takahashi	...	Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
Yuriko Hoshi	...	Chino Kajii
Tadao Nakamaru	...	Magobei Shôda
Akira Kubo	...	Monnosuke Takei
Shigeru Kôyama	...	Tamiya Ayuzawa
Eijirô Tôno	...	Hyogo Moriuchi
Shin Kishida	...	Jurota Arao
Atsuo Nakamura
Nami Tamura	...	Yô
Hideyo Amamoto	...	Gendayu Shimada
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Shinroku Matsuo
Isao Hashimoto	...	Kônosuke Fujii
Akira Hamada	...	Denzô Nishimura
Takeo Chii	...	Yaheiji Yoshida

Storyline

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up a local officials complex game of murder and betrayal.

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Plot Keywords:

ronin | betrayal | murder | violence | 1830s | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

22 June 1968 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Kill!

Filming Locations:

Joshu, Gunma, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya's character is his own actual ancestor, Matsuo Tsuchiya.

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Quotes

Tamiya Ayuzawa: A vagrant couldn't do all this.

User Reviews

A classic

This is an example of a near perfect film. It most certainly is a comedy and the blend of serious story and personal conflict makes the light-hearted moments hilarious and touching. I have never seen this kind of humour so effectively portrayed on film and perhaps some of the other reviewers simply have not been fortunate to find themselves in this kind of "pickle". Sometimes events are so unbelievable, or so obviously predictable that you have to surrender yourself to fate and laugh. This movie is about the immensity of fate and how man is but a small raft on the big ocean. He can only paddle to avoid waves and laugh at his fortune as he makes his way towards a distant shore, perhaps never reaching it. It is pure beauty.