Japan Synopsis
斬る
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kill!. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Comedy in Japan
429 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kill! itself).
The 1967–1969 Japan Window
Kill! holds position #17 of 68 Japan films in the 1967–1969 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kill! premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1968.
The 292nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
63 audience reviews — more than 68% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (33th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kill!, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- ronin · 18
- based on novel or book · 288
- samurai · 128
- yakuza · 93
- jidaigeki · 61
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,951 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (57th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #806 of 1,714 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | June 22, 1968 |
| IMDb | tt0063186 |