Samurai Wolf

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Samurai Wolf

Released Dec 26, 2022

1h 15m

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Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double- and triple-crosses ensue, illustrated with savage but economical violence courtesy of famed director Hideo Gosha's (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, VIOLENT STREETS) striking black and white filmmaking. The result is a lean and mean triumph of samurai cinema, cementing Gosha's status as a master of the genre.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Hideo Gosha’s chanbara is both eastern and western, placing itself in the same tradition as Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, while also drawing on the spaghetti oaters that Kurosawa’s film had already inspired.

Jan 10, 2024

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

a gritty, hard-edged, bloody recalibration of the traditional chambara film

Rated: 3/4

Jun 19, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A particular treat.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 24, 2023

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Michael Barrett

PopMatters

Hideo Gosha’s Samurai Wolf films contain scenes and elements that feel like nods to Akira Kurosawa.

May 11, 2023

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Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double- and triple-crosses ensue, illustrated with savage but economical violence courtesy of famed director Hideo Gosha's (THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI, VIOLENT STREETS) striking black and white filmmaking. The result is a lean and mean triumph of samurai cinema, cementing Gosha's status as a master of the genre.

Director: Hideo Gosha
Producer: Nobusaburo Honda
Screenwriter: Kei Tasaka
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Toei Tokyo
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 26, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 15m

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