France / May 23, 2023 / Cannes Film Festival
2h 11min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 Sato | Mori Ranmaru |
| Jun Soejima | Yasuke |
| Ikuji Nakamura | Kazumasu Takigawa |
| Kenichi Yajima | Todakatsu Honda |
| Toshihide Tonesaku | Nagahide Niwa |
| Keisuke Horibe | Tadaie Ukita |
| Takashi Nishina | Koroku Hachisuka |
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| Rie Shibata | Matsu |
| Tetsu Hirahara | Bosatsu no Gonzo |
| Hawking Aoyama | Kogenbo |
| Amawres Ani | Choji |
| Yojin Hino | Samurai |
| Shoken Kunimoto | Swordsman |
| Yûrei Yanagi | Village Man |
| Takeshi Ohnishi | Swordsman |
| Sotaro Tanaka | Swordsman |
| Kenzo Ryu | Swordsman |
| Ginpei Sato | Swordsman |
| Shinichi Kotani | Swordsman |
| Kazuhiko Kubo | Fake General |
| Ryota Bando | Swordsman |
| Kimiyoshi Kibe | Fake General in Battle |
| Tsuyoshi Hayakawa | Swordsman |
| Yoshiko Nonome | Geisha |
| Omiya no Matsu | Farmer |
| Makoto Ashikawa | Priest |
| Santiago Herrera | Foreign Priest |
| Nao Yamauchi | Dancer |
| Malta Ayase | Dancer |
| Makoto Kikuchi | Geisha |
| Kyoko Matsumoto | Geisha |
| Sayaka Tsukahara | Geisha |
| Tomomi Shimamura | Girlfriend |
| Rie Shimizu | Dancer |
| Yasushi Hirai | Dancer |
| Katsushi Ikeda | Dancer |
| Tatsuo Higashida | Dancer |
Genres
HistoryActionDramaComedyThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 首 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | KADOKAWA, TOHO, L'espace Vision |
| Release date | 23 novembre 2023 |
| Executive producer | Takeshi Natsuno, Daiji Horiuchi |
| Production | Satoshi Fukushima, Keizô Shukuzaki |
| Writer | Takeshi Kitano, Takehiko Minato |
| Editing | Yoshinori Ota, Takeshi Kitano |
| Cinematography | Takeshi Hamada |
| Assistant directors | Kimiyoshi Adachi, Takeshi Kitano |
| Lighting | Hitoshi Takaya |
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| Camera operators | Takeshi Hamada |
| Additional photography | Takeshi Hamada |
| Production design | Yukiharu Seshimo, Atsushi Shimamura, Mami Ishida, Hirotaka Sasaki, Manabu Iwahana |
| Art direction | Yukiharu Seshimo, Atsushi Shimamura, Mami Ishida, Hirotaka Sasaki, Manabu Iwahana |
| Set decoration | Mami Ishida, Hirotaka Sasaki, Manabu Iwahana, Yukiharu Seshimo, Atsushi Shimamura |
| Special effects | Etsuko Egawa |
| Visual effects | Kazuyori Kosaka, Etsuko Egawa |
| Music | Taro Iwashiro, Kenji Shibasaki, Yasuo Takano |
| Sound | Taro Iwashiro, Kenji Shibasaki, Yasuo Takano |
| Costume design | Kazuko Kurosawa, Etsuko Egawa |
| Makeup | Kazuko Kurosawa, Etsuko Egawa |
| Hairstyling | Kazuko Kurosawa, Etsuko Egawa |
| Budget | 9.600.000 € |
| Revenue | 6.129.032 € |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Oct 21, 2023 / Philadelphia Film Festival
Taiwan / Nov 19, 2023 / Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Macao / Mar 23, 2024 / D / Macao International Queer Film Festival
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Hong Kong / Mar 30, 2024 / III / Hong Kong International Film Festival
United Kingdom / Apr 23, 2025 / Queer East Festival
Theatrical release
Japan / Nov 23, 2023 / R15+
Spain / May 20, 2024 / 16
Digital
Japan / May 20, 2024
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