Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
7.6
/10
20 Ratings
BRUTAL STORY AT END OF THE TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE
Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari
Synopsis
Shot with haunting, blood-spattered cinematography by Juhei Suzuki, this film is like a samurai version of Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket that chronicles the brutal indoctrination of a young peasant into the ranks of the Shinsengumi, a notorious band of political assassins in 1860’s Japan.
Synopsis
Shot with haunting, blood-spattered cinematography by Juhei Suzuki, this film is like a samurai version of Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket that chronicles the brutal indoctrination of a young peasant into the ranks of the Shinsengumi, a notorious band of political assassins in 1860’s Japan.