Killing

Killing

2018 · 80 min · JA · 7.4 (49 votes)
Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto · Starring Sosuke Ikematsu, Yu Aoi, Tatsuya Nakamura, Ryusei Maeda, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kohji Katoh · Music Chu Ishikawa

Why must I kill?

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In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin spends time in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. To keep his sword skills sharp, he spars daily with a farmer's son. Meanwhile, the nation is in the midst of major unrest with civil war on the horizon. One day, a group of outlaw ronin enters the village.

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A quiet, contemplative journey into the life of a wandering swordsman. Beneath the surface of rural peace, simmering tensions and the ghosts of past violence promise a brutal reckoning. It feels like a storm gathering on the horizon.

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