If you loved The Great Killing, try Samurai Vendetta

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Great Killing, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Samurai Vendetta is

You wander Edo-period Japan as a low-ranking retainer of Lord Asano when the vendetta erupts between his clan and the Kira family. Your own lord’s death splits the samurai into two camps you once drank with. A director of period films sidesteps purity, letting violence and regret move at walking pace until one side must choose between duty and friendship.

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