2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Japanese horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa on making his first samurai film
Japanese horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa will bring his signature edge-of-your-seat storytelling to a genre he has not yet tackled: the samurai movie.
'I do want to do it once, and it looks like it might be really happening, although things are still uncertain. I may finally be able to make my samurai film,' he says, adding he cannot give away much just yet.
His upcoming project will not have sword-fight scenes or action-packed outdoor shots typical of samurai films, or jidaigeki. Instead, it will display the same creepy quiet narrative of his movies, where the action takes place almost claustrophobically – in this case, in a castle that just happens to be set in the samurai era.
That concept alone should be enough to pique a movie lover's interest.
Kurosawa recently received the Cut Above award for outstanding achievements in film at the 2025 Japan Cuts film festival in New York. This honour follows the Silver Lion award for best director, which he received at the 2020
Venice Film Festival for his movie
Wife of a Spy , about a troubled married couple during World War II.
Kurosawa with actor Masaki Suda during the filming of the 2024 action thriller Cloud. Photo: Nikkatsu
