Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.
Direction
Gakuryu Ishii's punk energy collides with Edo period aesthetics
Acting
Go Ayano's deadpan against Tadanobu Asano's unhinged intensity
Writing
Dialogue that treats historical drama like an improv comedy bit
Director
Gakuryu Ishii
Go Ayano
Junoshin Kake
Tadanobu Asano
Hanro Chayama
Masatoshi Nagase
Nobuuzu Deusu
Keiko Kitagawa
Ron
Masahiro Higashide
Naohito Kuroae
Shota Sometani
Makobee Makubo
Jun Murakami
Gosenro Manabe
Jun Kunimura
Shuzen Oura
Etsushi Toyokawa
Tatewaki Naito
Ryuya Wakaba
Osamu
Koen Kondo
Shume Nagaoka
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Eshitare Konji
Hitoshi Nonomura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gakuryu Ishii changed his name from Sogo Ishii in 2012, marking his shift from 80s cyberpunk to more experimental period pieces. This film sits awkwardly between both identities.
The 'Deusu' cult parodies real 19th-century Japanese millenarian movements, but filtered through Ishii's obsession with punk's anti-authoritarian theatrics. The anachronisms are deliberate middle fingers to jidaigeki tradition.
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