Shura

A snowy village, long ago. Footsteps in the dark. A disgraced samurai seeks vengeance, haunted by betrayal. Flashbacks merge with waking nightmares. Matsumoto's work shares a kinship with Jodorowsky’s mystical phase.

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Toshio Matsumoto directed Shura in 1971. See Toshio Matsumoto's full filmography, where to start with Toshio Matsumoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshio Matsumoto.

Shura was released in 1971 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 134 minutes.