182 minutes of samurai chaos where the villain has better eyeliner than you.
Japan, 1590. Following the death of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's seizure of power, the mysterious warlord Tenmaō and his fierce warriors terrorize the inhabitants of the Kantō Plain.
Direction
Amemiya's stage-to-screen translation is deliberately artificial and brilliant.
Costume
Tenmaō's aesthetic alone deserves its own spin-off.
Acting
Sadao Abe's villainous camp versus Mirai Moriyama's wounded intensity.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a long-running Japanese stage franchise; 'Season Bird' refers to the rotating cast tradition where different actors play roles across productions.
The 1590 setting deliberately mirrors Hideyoshi's historic unification, but Tenmaō represents the losers history erased — the film's sympathy is with the defeated.
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