How Kiyoshi Kurosawa Turned a Samurai Whodunit Into a Chilling Story About Belief with ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
The "Cure" and "Pulse" director breaks down his samurai epic in conversation with IndieWire.
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The "Cure" and "Pulse" director breaks down his samurai epic in conversation with IndieWire.
Tackling a samurai movie presented Kurosawa with new challenges, including the fundamental task of directing actors in a genre where, unlike modern dramas, there were no predefined...
Koji Yakusho and Masato Hagiwara star in a touchstone of horror cinema that only gets better with time.
The filmmaker breaks down his latest film's links to classic Japanese cinema, and the Buddhist teachings at its center.
In The Samurai and the Prisoner, the great Japanese director sets his sights on feudal Japan.
Dave Boyle will follow his Japan-set horror breakout with a new take on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's eerie internet tale.
'The Samurai and the Prisoner,' as expected from one of this generation’s very best—if not, dare I say, absolute masters—is as resolved and seductive as fans might expect
Hirokazu Koreeda is not the world’s most prolific director or even Japan’s (that honor goes to Takashi Miike, who passed the 100-film milestone years ago). But he is certainly one...
The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki, with this plodding detective story set within the walls of a besieged 16th-century castle.
In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about faith, war, and leadership.
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Masaki Nishiyama's debut feature is a polished, provocative take on horror tropes, with a riveting performance by newcomer Risa Sierra.
Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: Movie Review – The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) The Samurai and the Prisoner, 2026. Written and Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. S...
They may not be breaking Zeus’ law, but in The Samurai and the Prisoner, tensions rise as a well meaning lord betrays tradition, invoking curses from the gods
The Japanese auteur's epic exploration of life, death and the failures of capitalism — which topped many critics' best-of lists at Cannes this year — opens exclusively in U.S. thea...
Exclusive: The "Audition" director's latest film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before Neon releases it stateside.
Akira Kurosawa's swan song was criminally underrated and overlooked when he made it in 1993, but now it's available on Blu-ray with behind-the-scenes footage showing the master at...
Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's new film, "Sheep in the Box," follows a grieving couple who use technology to recreate their deceased son as a humanoid
Cute characters, folk horror and lingering trauma: "Chiikawa" makes an unexpectedly haunting leap to the big screen.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s manga adaptation reminds us that he’s one of modern cinema’s great humanists.
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‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ a must-see minimalist epic of faith’s follyFrom Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa, "The Samurai and the Prisoner," is a dark epic filled with murderou...
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Eriko Katagiri’s directorial debut is an abstract coming-of-age werewolf movie that is rich in atmosphere and vision, but lacks narrative drive
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