A Samurai is torn between carrying out his most honourable suicide and his uncontrollable desire to avenge his Master.
Directed by Susan Jacobson
Produced by Alex Boden
7 mins, 35mm, 2004
Co-Producer: UK Film Council
Awards: UKFC Completion Funding / MayaVision;
Winner: New Producers Alliance film of the month;
Nominations: Coutts Jury Prize, Bird’s Eye View;
Audience Award: Commonwealth Film Festival.
Festivals include: Shortlisted for the Turner Classic Film Awards at the London Film Festival, Edinburgh (World Premiere), Cardiff, Raindance East, Commonwealth, Bird’s Eye View, Kan, Potenza, Würzburg, Melbourne, White Sands, International Panorama of Film & Video.
Starring: Hiro Yoshinuma (NEW DISCOVERY), Eiji Kusuhara (TOPSY TURVY, EYES WIDE SHUT).
QUOTES & MEDIA:
‘Elegant’ – Time Out.
‘…heartening diversity of style and subject’ – The Independent.
Also featured on BBC News, BBC London, BBC Breakfast, LBC, The Daily Telegraph,Times, London Town, Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle, Screen International, Showreel.
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