The Samurai and the Prisoner
- Directed by
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Starring
- Munetaka Aoki, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Ryôta Bandô
- Duration
- 147 min.
- Year
- 2026
- Language
- Japanese
An elegant murder mystery set against the backdrop of a feudal power struggle. From Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa enters the realm of the historical samurai film for the first time with this compelling murder mystery, a major hit at Cannes. In The Samurai and the Prisoner, based on the novel by Honobu Yonezawa, a besieged castle becomes a web of distrust, political intrigue and murder. Masahiro Motoki and Masaki Suda star as the troubled lord and the brilliant strategist, with Kurosawa's elegant compositions and fascination with faith grounding this layered story about a ruler's duty to his subjects. A modern master of genre making a completely new film tradition his own.
On 31 October, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, this year's guest of honour at Imagine Film Festival, will be present for a Q&A after the screening.
