Masaya Kitada

A bone-chilling yet empathetic look at the extreme loneliness of motherhood, Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s bracing character study shocks with its disquieting soundscape. In her first-ever screen role, J-rock artist Cocco translates the chaos of a tortured mind into striking and unforgettable bodily gestures.

Destabilizing the conventions of samurai cinema with his jagged montage style, Shin’ya Tsukamoto brings a feral wildness—and a synth score!—to his first period film. An ultra-violent parable written in blood, Killing cuts through the trappings of honor and masculinity with startling subversiveness.