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Samurai Wolf

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Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double- and triple-crosses ensue, illustrated with savage but economical violence courtesy of famed director Hideo Gosha's (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, VIOLENT STREETS) striking black and white filmmaking. The result is a lean and mean triumph of samurai cinema, cementing Gosha's status as a master of the genre.
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Anton Bitel Little White Lies 01/10/2024
Hideo Gosha’s chanbara is both eastern and western, placing itself in the same tradition as Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, while also drawing on the spaghetti oaters that Kurosawa’s film had already inspired. Go to Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 06/19/2023
3/4
a gritty, hard-edged, bloody recalibration of the traditional chambara film Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 05/24/2023
3.5/4
A particular treat. Go to Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters 05/11/2023
Hideo Gosha’s Samurai Wolf films contain scenes and elements that feel like nods to Akira Kurosawa. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Hideo Gosha

Director

Isao Natsuyagi

Ôkaminosuke

Ryohei Uchida

Akizuki Sanai

Yoshirô Aoki

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Tatsuo Endô

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Junko Miyazono

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Synopsis Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double- and triple-crosses ensue, illustrated with savage but economical violence courtesy of famed director Hideo Gosha's (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, VIOLENT STREETS) striking black and white filmmaking. The result is a lean and mean triumph of samurai cinema, cementing Gosha's status as a master of the genre.
Director
Hideo Gosha
Producer
Nobusaburo Honda
Screenwriter
Kei Tasaka
Distributor
Film Movement
Production Co
Toei Tokyo
Genre
Action, Adventure, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 26, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 15m
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