Kill! (Kiru) (1968) Lives on the Criterion Collection
On June 1, 2010, the Criterion Collection released Kill! on DVD. Kihachi Okamoto directed the film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, and Yuriko Hoshi.
‘Kill!’ Movie Synopsis
Genta is a former samurai who became disillusioned with the samurai lifestyle and left it behind to become a wandering yakuza gang member. He meets Hanjirō Tabata, a farmer who wants to become a samurai to escape his powerless existence. Genta and Tabata wind up on opposite sides of clan intrigue when seven members of a local clan assassinate their chancellor. Although the seven, led by Tetsutarō Oikawa, rebelled with the support of their superior, Ayuzawa, he turns on them and sends members of the clan to kill them as outlaws. Now Genta and Tabata are caught up in the political games of the clan that may cause them to kill.
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On June 1, 2010, the Criterion Collection released Kill! on DVD. Kihachi Okamoto directed the film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, and Yuriko Hoshi.