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Kubi

Kubi

2023Movie⏱️ 2h 11m
ActionComedyDramaHistoryThriller
6.4
IMDB Rating
1,510 votes

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.

Director
Takeshi Kitano
Writers
N/A
Stars
Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryô Kase
Release Date
November 23, 2023
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🎯 11
Nominations
💬 7
Reviews
📋 3.7K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
as Hideyoshi Hashiba
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Hidetoshi Nishijima
as Mitsuhide Akechi
Ryô Kase
Ryô Kase
as Nobunaga Oda
Shidô Nakamura
Shidô Nakamura
as Mosuke Naniwa
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Yûichi Kimura
as Shinzaemon Sorori
Ken'ichi Endô
Ken'ichi Endô
as Murashige Araki
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Masanobu Katsumura
as Toshimitsu Saitô
Kenta Kiritani
Kenta Kiritani
as Hanzô Hattori
Susumu Terajima
Susumu Terajima
as Hannya no Sahee
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Naomasa Musaka
as Ekei Ankokuji

💰 Box Office

$6,129,032
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.39 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
Dolby Surround 7.1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Kyoto, Japan
Production
Kadokawa, T.N Gon Company, Toho

🏷️ Keywords

based on true storyjapanese historywarlordplotassassination

🎯 Categories

JapanesePeriod DramaSamuraiActionComedyDramaHistoryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Disappointing.
by krzysiektom2025-01-27
5/10

"I am disappointed by this movie. Expected brilliance but there isn't any. The script is rather poor and simplistic. Oda Nobunaga is presented as a deviant tyrant and psycho, with no shades of anything else, there's nothing to him that would indicate why that man has conquered and ruled most of Japan. It doesn't help that the actor in the role is overacting horribly. Other actors do a slightly better job but they are all poorly and superficially written. They are just figurines in the political intrigue. Costumes and weaponry are nice but budget limitations are very clear and som..."

💡 Did You Know?

Based on the long historical novel " The Head " written by director Kitano Takeshi himself, the film is a long-awaited project that master Kurosawa Akira had hoped would be a masterpiece on par with "Seven Samurai" when he was alive.

📖 Synopsis

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.