The internationally known actor Ken Watanabe, will be the protagonist of «Yurusarezaru Mono » remake of Clint Eastwood's film, which won four Oscars in 1992.
Ken Watanabe He will play the role that the director of the original himself played at the time, while Koichi Sato will play the role of Gene Hackman and Akira Emoto that of Morgan Freeman. The Japanese Lee Sang Il, author of titles such as "Scrap Heaven" or "Villain", will be in charge of filming this remake of what can be considered one of the best films of the maestro Clint Eastwood behind the scenes.
The film will be set in 1880 and will tell the story of a samurai Retired with a violent past who lives in Hokkaido, an island in the north of Japan, with his wife, a native of the island, who will have to resort to violence again for one last job.
It is not the first time that a western adapts to the Japanese culture, Not long ago a peculiar remake of the famous spaghetti-western "The Good, the Ugly and the Bad" by Sergio Leone was made by Kim Ji-woon called "The Good, the Bad and the Weird", which he achieved great success, winning the awards for best director and best special effects at the Sitges Festival.
The opposite case has also occurred on occasion. The famous film "The Magnificent Seven" by John Sturges, which featured stars such as Yul Briner, Steve McQueen and James Coburn, was nothing more than a remake of "The Seven Samurais" by Akira Kurosawa.
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