Killing

2018

1h 20m

Action

Drama

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Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan, "Killing" is the story of a masterless samurai or ronin named Ikematsu Sosuke.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Here the immediacy makes this period of Japanese history come to life in a way I honestly have not seen before.

Rated: 8/10

Apr 22, 2023

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Killing" presents an impressive combination of meaningfulness and aesthetics that results in one of the best films of the year, and a truly worthy entry to the samurai genre, through its extreme, but quite realistic approach to the whole concept.

Dec 1, 2019

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Elena Lazic

Seventh Row

In stripping the samurai film back to its main components and placing it into a realistic setting, Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto crafts a potent and thrilling critique of violence and the traditions that justify it.

Aug 21, 2019

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Nathanael Hood

Unseen Films

...a decidedly minor key film in [Tsukamoto's] oeuvre that's nevertheless equally as nihilistic and nasty as anything he's ever directed.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 22, 2019

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

Elegantly, (Shin'ya) Tsukamoto leaves the door open to interpretations, something that is naturally appropriate for Killing's undeniable condition of a modern classic. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 9, 2019

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Danielle Burgos

Screen Slate

It wouldn't be a Tsukamoto film without entangled brutality and sexuality, frustrations taken out in furtive masturbation, physical assault as lust, and other attacks on the flesh.

Mar 2, 2019

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Shin'ya Tsukamoto

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Sôsuke Ikematsu

Mokunoshin Tsuzuki

Yû Aoi

Yu

Tatsuya Nakamura

Sezaemon Genda

Ryusei Maeda

Ichisuke

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Jirozaemon Sawamura

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Synopsis

Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan, "Killing" is the story of a masterless samurai or ronin named Ikematsu Sosuke.

Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Screenwriter: Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Production Co: Kaijyu Theater
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2021
Runtime: 1h 20m

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