Underplayed Gems

Cut the Shadow (1963)

Cut the Shadow poster
Original title
影を斬る
Directed by
Kazuo Ikehiro
Genre
action, comedy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A lazy swordsmanship instructor in a samurai clan spends his time on pleasure instead of training. His new wife concocts a scheme to reform him and make him take his duties seriously.

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What happens

『影を斬る』（かげをきる）は、1963年3月1日に公開された、池広一夫監督、主演市川雷蔵による時代劇コメディ映画である。 伊達藩の剣術指南役でありながら、遊興にふけている井伊直人が、家老の娘の定と結婚。定が侍としての鍛錬を怠っている井伊を立ちなおせるため、一計を案じて井伊を更生させる模様をコメディタッチで描いた作品である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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