Unlike any other horror film you’ll see this year, Der Samurai is a German mind-bender about shape-shifting cross-dressers, bloody decapitations, repressed sexual desires and small town life. But while director Till Kleinert’s film is a surreal mix of dark comedy and eerie creep-out that recalls David Lynch. Jakob is a policeman in a village deep in the woods, where little happens until the arrival of a mysterious wolf that is causing havoc. Working the night shift, Jakob is tracking the wolf…only to discover that the lupine lurker is actually a man clad only in lipstick and a ladies’ slip, and toting a samurai sword that he uses to lop off the heads of the townspeople, including Jakob’s tormentors. Jakob and the transvestite samurai seem to share a bond, and as the night gets darker, events get even weirder. Completely bizarre yet wildly entertaining, Der Samurai is a horror must-see for the adventurous!
Blu-Ray Region A for North America
Bonus material: Behind the Scenes featurette, Director’s commentary, Trailer
Note Artsploitation – These discs are duplicated BDr rather than replicated discs
Director: Till Kleinert
Running time: 80 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: German
Screenwriters: Till Kleinert
Cast: Michel Diercks, Pit Bukowski, Uwe Preuss, Kaja Blachnik, Ulrike Hanke-Haensch, Christopher Kane, Ulrike Bliefert
Producer: Anna de Paoli, Linus de Paoli
Cinematography: Martin Hanslmayr
Editors: Till Kleinert
