Rating
Genre
Horror, Late Night Screenings, Supernatural, New Entries
Year
2014
Country
Germany
Original language
German
Subtitles
English
Runtime
79'
Till Kleinert
Der Samurai is a German mind-bender about shape-shifting cross-dressers, bloody decapitations, repressed sexual desires and small town life. But while director Till Kleinert's film is a surreal mix of dark comedy and eerie creep-out that recalls David Lynch. Jakob is a policeman in a village deep in the woods, where little happens until the arrival of a mysterious wolf that is causing havoc. Working the night shift, Jakob is tracking the wolf...only to discover that the lupine lurker is actually a man clad only in lipstick and a ladies' slip, and toting a samurai sword that he uses to lop off the heads of the townspeople, including Jakob's tormentors. Jakob and the transvestite samurai seem to share a bond, and as the night gets darker, events get even weirder. Completely bizarre yet wildly entertaining, Der Samurai is a horror must-see for the adventurous!
Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski, Uwe Preuss, Ulrike Hanke-Haensch, Kaja Blachnik, Christopher Guy Kane
Writer: Till Kleinert; Cinematographer: Martin Hanslmayr; Editor: Till Kleinert; Composer: Conrad Oleak
Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, BIFAN - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
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