Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' is an engrossingly elegant adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa's prizewinning historical novel.

Kurosawa Kiyoshi talks his Cannes-premiering jidaigeki 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' on cowardly heroes and the cost of retreating.

The veteran Japanese director’s new film with Masahiro Motoki as a besieged warlord is an intelligent, captivating spin on the samurai genre.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' is an engrossingly elegant adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa's prizewinning historical novel.