Feature2023·131m·6.9

Kubi

HistoryActionDramaComedyThriller

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.

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Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Hashiba Hideyoshi

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Akechi Mitsuhide

Ryo Kase

Oda Nobunaga

Tadanobu Asano

Kuroda Kanbei

Nao Omori

Hashiba Hidenaga

Shido Nakamura

Naniwa Mosuke

Yuichi Kimura

Sorori Shinzaemon

Kenichi Endo

Araki Murashige

Masanobu Katsumura

Saito Toshimitsu

Kenta Kiritani

Hattori Hanzo

Kaoru Kobayashi

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Ittoku Kishibe

Sen no Rikyu

Susumu Terajima

Hanya no Sahei

Naomasa Musaka

Ankokuji Ekei

Makoto Ôtake

Mamiya Buryou

Kanji Tsuda

Tamezo

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Shimizu Muneharu

Kanichiro

Mori Ranmaru

Jun Soejima

Yasuke

Ikuji Nakamura

Kazumasu Takigawa

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Budget
$9.6M
Revenue
$6.1M
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
KADOKAWATOHOL'espace Vision

Crew

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Writers

Takeshi Kitano, Takehiko Minato, Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Hamada

Director of Photography

Yoshinori Ota

Editor

Kazuko Kurosawa

Costume Design

Takeshi Kitano

Editor

Taro Iwashiro

Original Music Composer

Yukiharu Seshimo

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

MovieGuys

6/12/2024

4.0

To say this is weird is an understatement. First off, apparently all Samurai are gay. Yes there is a history of some homosexuality but I don't remember it being this rampant or flagrant. Once again, this comes across as woke pandering. Beyond that its story seems a bit convoluted. Certainly, it takes the cruelty aspect and callousness a little too far. For example, one villager is glad his wife, little daughter and father were murdered. Which rather begs the question of what this film is trying to say about the nuclear family. Nothing good by the sounds of it. In summary, I don't rate this one. It comes across as pushing an agenda, one many of us have had a guts full of.