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Versus
Why this pick
Kitamura’s earlier cult action-horror has the same feverish momentum, heightened violence, supernatural menace and gleefully stylised combat as Aragami.
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MOVIE2003 1h 16m JPN
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For Aragami’s increasingly unhinged blade-master tension, this stark samurai classic offers ruthless duels, moral darkness and a frighteningly volatile swordsman.
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Zatoichi
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Masaya Kato
Aragami