Zan (2018) Tsukamoto Shinya's New Period Sword Film

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"Celebrated auteur Tsukamoto Shinya's latest Kaijyu Theater offering, Zan, is currently poised for a Japan release later this year [November 24th, 2018].  In the meantime, attendees for the 75th Venice International Film Festival and will get first dibs following the festival's August 31 launch."  Tsukamoto is the director of Tetsuo, the Iron Man; Hiruko the Goblin; Tetsuo II: Body Hammer; Tokyo Fist; Tetsuo: the Bullet Man; and the Fire on the Plain reboot.  He is the director, screenplay writer, executive producer, film editor, and star of Zan (aka Killing, aka Killing Zan).  Other cast members include Aoi Yu (Tokyo Ghoul), Ikematsu Sosuke (Shoplifters), Nakamura Tatsuya (Fires on the Plain reboot), and Maeda Ryusei.  Zan "is the story of a ronin [played by Ikematsu Sosuke] trying to survive mid-19th century Japan during the course of its often-violent transition from feudalism to the modern world.  [Aoi Yu plays] a peasant farm girl who lives in the same village as our protagonist."  Info from https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/tsukamoto-shinyas-zan-is-all-about-staying-sharp-in-the-first-teaser/  Nikkatsu has world sales rights to Zan.

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