Punk Samurai

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From Sogo Ishii, the director of Electric Dragon 80000v and Crazy Thunder Road
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 131 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
Release Date: 2023
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Legendary punk director Gakuryu Ishii (Sogo Ishii) adapts the famously “unfilmable” Kou Machida novel Punk Samurai Slash Down, telling the story of Junoshin Kake (Go Ayano), a ronin samurai with ambitions to be a part of the Kuroae clan.

In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kuroae clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction. This gets him in, but he is soon disproved and arrested. Given the death sentence and awaiting death he has to be quick on his feet and figure out a way to get himself out of the hole. Then the resurrection occurs.

Special Features:
Making Of (66 mins)
Go Ayano interview (6 mins)
Premiere Stage Greetings (16 mins)
Trailer
Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
Reversible Sleeve featuring original Japanese artwork
Slipcase edition limited to 1000 copies

Video Tracks:
2.35:1 widescreen 1080p

Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Gakuryû Ishii

Written By:
Kankurô Kudô
Kou Machida

Starring:
Gô Ayano
Keiko Kitagawa
Shôta Sometani
Masahiro Higashide
Tadanobu Asano
Masatoshi Nagase
Jun Murakami
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Jun Kunimura
Etsushi Toyokawa

Casting By:
Tsuyoshi Sugino

Music From:
Toshiyuki Mori

Director of Photography:
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto

Editor:
Takahiko Takeda

Costume Designer:
Kazuhiro Sawataishi

Production Designer:
Yûji Hayashida

Distributor:
Third Window Films