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Unforgiven

2013 · 135 min

A slow, snowbound meditation on violence and regret that weighs heavily and lingers after the final shot.

Tagline
How far can people be forgiven?
Overview
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • guilt
  • violence
  • justice
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
action, crime, drama, western
Directed by
Sang-il Lee
Written by
Sang-il Lee
Starring
Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Akira Emoto, Yuya Yagira, Shioli Kutsuna, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Music
Taro Iwashiro
Cinematography
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Runtime
135 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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