New Trailer for German Film Der Samurai Promises Genre Masterpiece
John Squires
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It’s been over a year since we last talked about German genre film Der Samurai, which had its premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Now it’s set for release here in the States, and we have a bonkers new trailer to share with you. Enjoy!
Look for the film on DVD and Blu-ray June 9th, courtesy of Artsploitation.
Written and directed by Till Kleinert, Der Samurai (review here) stars Michael Schumacher, Uwe Preuss, Pit Bukowski, and Ulrike Bliefert.
Synopsis:
A samurai-wielding figure wearing a white dress lurks menacingly in the forest, waiting to descend upon an unsuspecting village in the muddy backwaters of rural East Germany. As heads roll with each stroke of his sword, dutiful, straight-laced cop Jakob becomes increasingly powerless to resist the draw of the Samurai’s feral otherness. The two enter into a bizarre folie à deux as Jakob is forced to confront his own carnal impulses that he has long sought to repress.
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