KUBI

By Takeshi KITANO

KADOKAWA CORPORATION - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2023


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2023
Cannes Premiere
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Duration
    • 131 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Takeshi KITANO
    • Writer(s)
    • Takeshi KITANO
    • Synopsis
    • Kitano devoted 30 years to what became his lifework, researching and writing both an original novel and screenplay depicting his outrageous theory about the ambush at Honno-ji Temple, one of the great unsolved mysteries in samurai history. Focusing equally on ninja and foot soldiers, missing from traditional samurai narratives, and on the warlords battling for supremacy, Kitano depicts their impossible dreams and untamed passions to animate his grandest entertainment, while reinventing the epic samurai flm.