Kill!
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Released
- 1968
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1968
Storyline
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.
Top credits
Tatsuya Nakadai — Genta
Etsushi Takahashi — Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
Yuriko Hoshi — Chino Kajii
Tadao Nakamaru — Magobei Shôda
Did you know
• Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya's character is his own actual ancestor, Matsuo Tsuchiya.
• The English title is "Kill!" while the transliterated Japanese title is "Kiru". The English title is not an exact translation of kiru, which means "to cut" in the sense of "to slay" or "to assassinate". The word "kiru" bears no etymological relationship to the word "ikiru"-- "to live"-- which is the title of a 1952 Japanese film.
• This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #313.
User reviews
You'll never look at Sergio Leone -- or samurai flicks -- the same way again
Kill! astounds with its blend of comedy and drama
A slick self parody of the Samurai genre
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Black and White