A samurai in Argentina? This wild goose chase gets weird fast.
A Japanese immigrant (Nicolas Nakayama) and a war veteran (Alejandro Awada) search for an exiled samurai in the mountains of Argentina.
Acting
Awada's weary veteran anchors the absurdity with genuine soul.
Cinematography
Patagonian mountains shot like mythic Japanese landscapes.
Direction
Scheuer commits fully to a premise that shouldn't work.
Director
Gaspar Scheuer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scheuer shot this in actual remote Argentine villages with mostly non-professional local actors.
The film quietly references real 20th-century Japanese diaspora communities in South America that many viewers never knew existed.
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