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Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Takahashi Etsushi (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor)
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Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version)

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Two scruffy swordsmen, Genta (Tatsuya Nakadai) and Hanji (Etsushi Takahashi), are the focus of Kihachi Okamoto's black comedy, which is loosely based on the same novel that inspired Kurosawa's Sanjuro. Genti, a weary ex-samurai, and Hanji, a former farmer and aspiring warrior, arrive in a small town and promptly get sucked into a dispute between a brutal, corrupt clan leader and a group of brave but hapless rebels. Full of dark, irreverent humor as well as plenty of action, Kill! keeps up a quick pace, and features music by Masaru Sato (who also composed Yojimbo's terrific score).
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Product Title: Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Kill! (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Also known as: Kill/Kiru Kill/Kiru Kill/Kiru Kill/Kiru Kill/Kiru
Artist Name(s): Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Takahashi Etsushi (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor) | Masaru Sato 仲代 達矢 (Actor) | Takahashi Etsushi (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor) | Masaru Sato 仲代 达矢 (Actor) | Takahashi Etsushi (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor) | Masaru Sato 仲代達矢 (Actor) | 高橋悦史 (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor) | Masaru Sato Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Takahashi Etsushi (Actor) | E.G. Marshall (Actor) | Naoko Kubo (Actor) | Masaru Sato
Director: Okamoto Kihachi 岡本喜八 冈本喜八 岡本喜八 Okamoto Kihachi
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Release Date: 2005-10-18
UPC Code: 037429209929
Language: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Color Information: Black & White
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: Not Rated
Publisher: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Package Weight: 113 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004415395

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Director: Kihachi Okamoto

DVD Features:
Note: This is a new, restored high-definition digital transfer with new and improved English subtitle translation.

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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Essay by film historian and culture critic Howard Hampton

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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May 24, 2008
Better than Sanjuro! Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
Director Okamoto Kihachi's "Kill" is a black comedy about a conflict between samurai clans. Into the middle of the fight stroll Nakadai Tatsuya, as a samurai who doesn't want to be a samurai, and Takahashi Etsushi, as a hulking farmer who wants nothing more than to become a samurai.

The film's script is filled with strikes and counterstrikes, plots and counterplots, turncoats and true hearts. And it all is suffused with a hip '60s swaggering style.

Nakadai Tatsuya is brilliant in his wildly comic role and Takahashi Etsushi plays every scene like a bull in a china shop. "Kill" is very cool and very entertaining. Highly recommended by your humble servant.
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