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A decades-old unproduced screenplay set during Japan’s 1868-’69 civil war has been dusted off and given thoroughly modern action-movie treatment in Kazuya Shiraishi’s “11 Rebels.” A highly entertaining and highly blood-drenched take on the trusty old tale of crooks and miscreants embarking on a military suicide mission on the promise of being pardoned should they happen to survive, “11 Rebels” has just the right balance of spectacular swordplay, revenge-fueled drama and double-crossing political intrigue.

After opening the Tokyo Film Festival, Shiraishi’s lusty samurai slash-’em-up will march into Japanese cinemas on Nov. 1. A slightly different version of the film has been acquired for North America by specialty distributor Well Go USA. Fans of FX’s smash-hit “Shogun” series should find plenty to like about this handsomely produced tale set in the dying days of feudal Japan. In the broader scope of samurai cinema, it combines the chamber...

Kazuya Shiraishi has emerged as one of the most ‘fun to watch’ Japanese filmmakers in the last decade, with films like “The Blood of Wolves” “Dare to Stop Us” and “Lesson in Murder” taking up a number of the most popular genres of local cinema and reinvigorating them in the most entertaining fashion. “11 Rebels”, which is based on a script written by Kazuo Kasahara in 1964 that got shelved due to Toei Kyoto’s studio head Shigeru Okada not liking the ending, is an attempt to do the same with the jidai-geki.

11 Rebels is screening at Tokyo International Film Festival

The script is based on a historical event that took place during the Boshin war, when the Shibata domain of Niigata betrayed the forces of the shogunate in order to support the Emperor’s army. The instigator of the whole thing in the case of the film is Retainer Mizoguchi,...

Kazuya Shiraichi’s 11 Rebels has been acquired by Well Go USA for North America and Splendid Film for German-speaking territories from Japan’s Toei Company, ahead of its world premiere at Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).

The samurai action thriller will open the 37th TIFF on October 28 ahead of a theatrical release in Japan through Toei on November 1. Dates have yet to be revealed for its US and German releases.

The film is based on a script by Kazuo Kasahara, the late screenwriter of popular yakuza features such as Battles Without Honor and Humanity who died in 2002, and went unproduced for decades.

Kazuya Shiraishi’s 11 Rebels is set to world premiere as the opening film of the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival, which has also set Christophe Honoré’s Marcello Mio as its closing feature.

Based on a previously-unproduced script by late screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara, 11 Rebels is a thriller set in the 19th century and centres on 11 prisoners who are ordered to defend a fortress from the government’s army so their past crimes will be forgiven.

Starring Takayuki Yamada and Taiga Nakano , the screenplay was written by Junya Ikegami based on an original story by Kasahara, known for writing 1970s yakuza...

Kazuya Shiraichi’s 11 Rebels is set to world premiere as the opening film of the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival, which has also set Christophe Honoré’s Marcello Mio as its closing feature.

Based on a previously-unproduced script by late screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara, 11 Rebels is a thriller set in the 19th century and centres on 11 prisoners who are ordered to defend a fortress from the government’s army so their past crimes will be forgiven.

Starring Yamada Takayuki and Nakano Taiga, the screenplay was written by Ikegami Junya based on an original story by Kasahara, known for writing 1970s yakuza...

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival which started in 2004 in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, has been held every year as a “gateway for emerging talent” centered on the International Competition and the Japanese Film Competition (features and shorts). The festival launched the careers of Kazuya Shiraishi (Lesson in Murder), Ryota Nakano (The Asadas), Shinichiro Ueda (One Cut of the Dead), Shinzo Katayama (Missing) and many other directors who are leading the Japanese film industry as top runners and whose new movies audiences are looking forward to seeing.

The 20th edition will be held both at theaters and online as a hybrid festival again.

On Wednesday, June 14th, a press conference was held to announce the full line-up consisting of the titles of the whole line-up. This year, the festival will begin with the world premiere of Confetti, which was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the festival as well as...