Board games and patience are not typically associated with the samurai film, but these are key components in Kazuya Shiraishi's gripping Endo period drama. Taciturn Kakunoshin, renowned for his formidable skills both with a sword and in the game of Go, embodies the purest ideals of the samurai code. Framed by his own clan for a theft he did not commit, he is disgraced and forced into exile, surviving as a humble seal maker -- until many years later he discovers the reason behind his betrayal...
Playing at VIFF Centre from May 22, 2026
Tickets: https://viff.org/whats-on/bushido/
