Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 15, 2026

Dungeon Master: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on "The Samurai and the Prisoner"

Blending "Throne of Blood" with "The Silence of the Lambs," the J-horror auteur stages a murder mystery inside a besieged sixteenth-century Japanese castle for his first jidaigeki feature.

Read the story By Jawni Han · Filmmaker Magazine
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026). Still courtesy of Janus Films.
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026). Still courtesy of Janus Films.
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