Director(s): Kihachi Okamoto Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shigeru Kôyama, Naoko Kubo, Etsushi Takahashi, Akira Kubo Rated: NR (Not Rated) Languages: Japanese Subtitles: English Regional Code: Region 1 Screen: B&W, Mono Length: 114 minutes Studio: Criterion Collection Country of origin: Japan Year Filmed: 1968 SKU: KIL060

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In this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi Okamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, Kill! playfully tweaks samurai film convention, mixing in elements from Italian westerns and established chanbara classics alike.