Unforgiven (2013)
- Original title
- 許されざる者
- Directed by
- Sang-il Lee
- Genre
- drama film, action film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Rated
- MA 15+
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 80 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 former samurai is living quietly in Hokkaido during the early Meiji period. An old friend asks him to join a bounty hunt for two men who hurt a prostitute. He must decide whether to return to the violent life he left behind.
grittysomberslow-burnmeditativeviolentmorally complexmelancholicatmospheric
What happens
Unforgiven (許されざる者, Yurusarezaru Mono) is a 2013 Japanese jidaigeki film written and directed by Sang-il Lee. It is a Japanese-language remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 western Unforgiven, starring Ken Watanabe in the lead role, along with Kōichi Satō, Akira Emoto, Yuya Yagira, Shioli Kutsuna, and Jun Kunimura. The plot closely follows the original 1992 film, but shifts the setting from the American Wild West to Japan's Hokkaido frontier during the early Meiji period. Jubei Kamata (Watanabe), a former samurai, is approached by an old associate to help claim the bounty on two men who have disfigured a prostitute. The film was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film also made its US debut as the opening film for LA EigaFest 2013. It was also presented in 2014 in the Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now category) and out of competition in the 70th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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