Lord Murashige Araki (Masahiro Motoki) doesn’t like killing. A samurai presiding over Arioka Castle in 16th-century Japan, he’s a walking contradiction—a warrior bound by a merciless code of conduct he has no trouble forsaking, much to the dismay of his own court. All through Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s first jidaigeki, he is summoned to execute people who’ve

The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki with this plodding detective story set within the walls of a besieged 16th century castle.

The J-horror master tries his hand at a classic jidaigeki with this plodding detective story set within the walls of a besieged 16th century castle.