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1968 Japanese comedy-samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto in which a cynical ronin and an aspiring farmer inadvertently find themselves exchanging life ambitions.
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What happens to Genta and Hanji in Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!?
Genta, played by Tatsuya Nakadai, is a former samurai who abandoned that life after killing a friend on duty. Hanji is a farmer who wants to become a samurai, so the two men find themselves exchanging life ambitions. [source](https://eiga.com/movie/36012/)
Why is Kill! described as a samurai comedy rather than a straight sword film?
Okamoto mixes deadpan comedy and satire with chanbara swordplay. Janus Films also notes the film's playful borrowing from established samurai films and Italian westerns. [source](https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1184)
Is Kill! connected to Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro?
Yes. Both films draw on Shūgorō Yamamoto's story Torideyama no jūshichinichi, although Kill! was directed by Kihachi Okamoto and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. [source](https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1184)
Who stars in Kill!, and which studio released it?
Tatsuya Nakadai stars as Genta and Etsushi Takahashi plays Hanji. Tokyo Eiga produced the 1968 film for Toho, which released it in Japan on June 22, 1968. [source](https://eiga.com/movie/36012/)
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