The Samurai and the Prisoner @ Roxie

Join us for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's (Cure, Pulse, Cloud) The Samurai and the Warrior, a period drama / mystery and adaption of the book of the same title. Showtime is 8.10 pm - we'll meet no later than 8 pm to grab our seats. Stick around after the show if you'd like to go for a drink, and keep an eye on the comments for pre-movie dinner. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY5kXykdbLo Tickets: https://roxie.com/film/the-samurai-and-the-prisoner/ The Samurai and the Prisoner Celebrated Japanese horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Serpent’s Path) explores a new path in this lush treatment of Honobu Yonezawa’s prizewinning historical novel, detailing palace intrigue in the court of a samurai nobleman during the Azuchi era at the end of the 16th century. Turning against Oda Nobunaga, the ruthless, power-hungry warlord he previously served, Araki Murashige (Masahiro Motoki, of Departures) is besieged by Oda’s forces and bedevilled by a series of inexplicable crimes in his household. As tension rises and loyalties fray, Murashige is forced to strategize with Kuroda Kanbei (Masaki Suda, of Kurosawa’s 2024 thriller Cloud), a samurai envoy sent by Oda and imprisoned by Murashige, while his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) and loyalists fight to preserve order.