BUSHIDO: A Lost Ronin Sharpens Up His Game In The Official U.S. Trailer
2024 was a great time to catch director Kazuya Shiraishi’s period drama, Bushido for its NYAFF screening. I wondered if it would get its day in the states though, and a few years later, leave it to Film Movement to make it happen with a theatrical release slated for March 13.
Taciturn Kakunoshin, renowned for his formidable skills both with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the purest ideals of the samurai code. But when his unwavering honesty is exploited, he is framed by his own clan for a theft he did not commit. Disgraced and forced to become a ronin, he survives as a humble seal maker, quietly supporting his grown daughter while burying the wounds of betrayal. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin finally uncovers the truth behind his long-buried downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the restraint that once defined him shatters. The go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows.
Acclaimed director Kazuya Shiraishi’s first entry in the genre, “is not only a great return to form reminiscent of the golden age of samurai cinema” (Asian Movie Pulse), but an elegant, ferocious epic destined to be hailed as a new classic.
Shiraishi directed Bushido from a script by Masato Kato whose novel prefacing the film is also based on a classic rakugo. The film stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Kaya Kiyohara, along with Taishi Nakagawa, Eita Okuno, Takuma Otoo, Masachika Ichimura, Kyôko Koizumi, Jun Kunimura, and Takumi Saitô, and is produced by Satoshi Akagi, and Yukiko Tanigawa.
Check out the trailer and gallery below, as well as my review from its NYAFF screening!
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