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BBFC RatingJapan Foundation: Mumon - The Land of Stealth

CertificateNot Rated
Year2017
GenreJapanese
Director(s)Yoshihiro Nakamura
LanguageJapanese
CountryJapan
Running Time2HR 2MINS
Extra InfoSubtitled, Recommended age: 12+
Season Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

The tale of Mumon, an invincible but carefree shinobi whose actions soon find him involved in a deadly war with the son of the imperious warlord Nobunaga Oda.

A popular and versatile director known for his offbeat dramas, Yoshihiro Nakamura takes on the jidaigeki (period drama) epic, uncovering the untold nature of the ninja and featuring a host of fantastical action sequences.

Recommended age: 12+

With diverse cinematic voices, The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2018 features some of the best examples of cinema from Japan and will look at how the country’s filmmakers have been drawn to portraying the “(un)true” colours of human nature. The twists and turns of life portrayed in the programme are at times heart-rending, at other times hilarious, but always enthralling.


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