# Killing (2018)

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**Original title**: *斬、*
**Runtime**: 80 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action
**Directed by**: Shinya Tsukamoto
**Written by**: Shinya Tsukamoto
**Starring**: Sosuke Ikematsu, Yu Aoi, Tatsuya Nakamura, Ryusei Maeda, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kohji Katoh

> *Why must I kill?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a samurai farmer tilling soil in a sunbaked village, your blade rusting by the door, when a conscript's draft notice flutters down from the hills.  
The rice paddies won't save you now.  
Tsukamoto shoots it like a fever dream of duty and dirt, 16mm grain pulsing under summer heat.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw, slow-burn

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