GOBANGIRI: A Dishonored Ronin’s Game Of Vengeance Awaits In The First Teaser
It had been circulating for about a month now, but as of Monday, Kinoshita Group’s Kino Films is making it official with their release of the first teaser for Gobangiri, the latest thrilling period drama from director Kazuya Shiraishi (The Blood Of Wolves, The Last Of The Wolves, Lesson In Murder).
The film takes its cues from a longstanding rakugo which also serves as the basis for the upcoming novel releasing in March, both written by Masato Kato. What’s more is the casting of Tsuyoshi Kusanagi who reunites with Kato who previously penned Kusangi’s starring role in the 2006 disaster thriller from director Shinji Higuchi, Sinking Of Japan.
Central to Gobangiri is the story of Kakunoshin (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), an earnest and prideful samurai who loves a good game of Go. Ousted from his domain following false accusation, he now lives in a poor tenement home with his daughter, Okinu (Kaya Kiyohara) – a keepsake of his late wife. When the truth of the accusation is revealed, it sets Kakunoshin on a path for vengeance that threatens to tear him and Okinu apart.
Gobangiri also stars Taishi Nakagawa, Eita Okuno, Takuma Oto, Masachika Ichimura, Yuko Nakamura, Takumi Saito, Kyoko Koizumi and Jun Kunimura. Kino Films will release the film on May 17.
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