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Kill!

Original title: Kiru
  • 19681968
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
3K
YOUR RATING
Kill! (1968)
ActionComedyDrama
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
3K
YOUR RATING
    • Kihachi Okamoto
    • Kihachi Okamoto(screenplay)
    • Akira Murao(screenplay)
    • Shûgorô Yamamoto(novel "Torideyama no jûshichi nichi")
  • Stars
    • Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Etsushi Takahashi
    • Yuriko Hoshi
    • Kihachi Okamoto
    • Kihachi Okamoto(screenplay)
    • Akira Murao(screenplay)
    • Shûgorô Yamamoto(novel "Torideyama no jûshichi nichi")
  • Stars
    • Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Etsushi Takahashi
    • Yuriko Hoshi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
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    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! (1968)
    Kill! (1968)

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    Tatsuya Nakadai
    Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Genta
    Etsushi Takahashi
    Etsushi Takahashi
    • Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
    Yuriko Hoshi
    Yuriko Hoshi
    • Chino Kajii
    Tadao Nakamaru
    Tadao Nakamaru
    • Magobei Shôda
    Akira Kubo
    Akira Kubo
    • Monnosuke Takei
    Shigeru Kôyama
    • Tamiya Ayuzawa
    Eijirô Tôno
    Eijirô Tôno
    • Hyogo Moriuchi
    Shin Kishida
    Shin Kishida
    • Jurota Arao
    Atsuo Nakamura
    • Tetsutaro
    Nami Tamura
    • Yô
    Hideyo Amamoto
    Hideyo Amamoto
    • Gendayu Shimada
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    Yoshio Tsuchiya
    • Shinroku Matsuo
    Isao Hashimoto
    • Kônosuke Fujii
    Akira Hamada
    • Denzô Nishimura
    Takeo Chii
    Takeo Chii
    • Yaheiji Yoshida
    Seishirô Kuno
    • Daijirô Masataka
    Ben Hiura
    • Busuke
    Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    • Kinsaburo Ayuzawa
      • Kihachi Okamoto
      • Kihachi Okamoto(screenplay)
      • Akira Murao(screenplay)
      • Shûgorô Yamamoto(novel "Torideyama no jûshichi nichi")
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    Storyline

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

      Genta: [Repeated line] Samurai are no good. See what I mean?

    • Connections
      References Seven Samurai (1954)

    User reviews15

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    10/10
    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.
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    5
    • gunnar-3
    • Oct 30, 2006

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    • Release date
      • June 22, 1968 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Joshu, Gunma, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toho Company
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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