143. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: The Samurai and the Prisoner

Deep Cut director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is back with a sharp left turn in The Samurai and the Prisoner: Silence of the Lambs by way of Seven Samurai! On this Deep Cut Upkeep episode, we return to the director of Cure and Pulse to look for the director’s unnerving tone, restrained direction, societal interrogation, and… matcha-making techniques?Make tea in our FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ www.deepcutpod.com Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:06:48 General reactions00:15:20 Kurosawaisms in The Samurai and the Prisoner00:20:55 Comedy00:31:05 Chiyoho’s version of Buddhist ideology00:36:00 Murashige’s mysterious motivations00:42:38 Kurosawa and tone00:49:20 Brainstorming questions for Kurosawa00:53:28 Our feelings on Kurosawa now