Samurai Fiction (1998)
- Original title
- SF サムライ・フィクション
- Directed by
- Hiroyuki Nakano
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 61 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
A young samurai sets out to retrieve a stolen sword and avenge his father. The film mixes old school samurai adventure with an anachronistic rock soundtrack and a black and white look.
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What happens
Samurai Fiction (SF サムライ・フィクション, Esu Efu Samurai Fikushon) is a 1998 comedy-samurai film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano. It is almost entirely black-and-white, and follows a fairly standard plotline for a comedy and jidaigeki samurai film, but the presence of Tomoyasu Hotei's rock-and-roll soundtrack separates it from the films it was inspired by, such as the works of Akira Kurosawa. A loose spinoff was released in 2001, as Red Shadow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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