Kubi (2023)
2h 11m | PG-13
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
Studio: KADOKAWA
Genre: History, Action, Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
as Hashiba Hideyoshi
Hidetoshi Nishijima
as Akechi Mitsuhide
Ryo Kase
as Oda Nobunaga
Tadanobu Asano
as Kuroda Kanbei
Nao Ômori
as Hashiba Hidenaga
Shido Nakamura
as Naniwa Mosuke
Reviews
To say this is weird is an understatement. First off, apparently all Samurai are gay. Yes there is a history of some homosexuality but I don't remember it being this rampant or flagrant. Once again, this comes across as woke pandering. Beyond that its story seems a bit convoluted. Certainly, it takes the cruelty aspect and callousness a little too far. For example, one villager is glad his wife, little daughter and father were murdered. Which rather begs the question of what this film is trying to say about the nuclear family. Nothing good by the sounds of it. In summary, I don't rate this one. It comes across as pushing an agenda, one many of us have had a guts full of.