--- title: 'Kubi (2023)' type: 'film' director: 'Takeshi Kitano' released: '2023-05-23' runtime_minutes: 131 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'History' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kubi-2023' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27502365/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Kubi (2023) 2023 · 131 min · Drama, Action, History · Japan Original title: 首 ## Synopsis Kubi is a 2023 Japanese historical samurai film written, directed, produced and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars as Hashiba Hideyoshi. The film is based on the novel of the same name, which was released in 2019 and written by Kitano. The film depicts the historical event of the Honnō-ji incident, which took place in the Sengoku period in 1582. Kadokawa Corporation produced the film and co-distributed it in Japan with Toho. The film also stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Akechi Mitsuhide, Ryo Kase as Oda Nobunaga, Tadanobu Asano as Kuroda Kanbei, Jun Soejima as Yasuke and Nao Omori as Hashiba Hidenaga. ## Credits - **Director:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - **Screenplay:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - **Producer:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano), [Takeshi Natsuno](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-natsuno) - **Editor:** [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano), [Yoshinori Ōta](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshinori-ota) - **Original Music Composer:** [Taro Iwashiro](https://cinepixo.com/people/taro-iwashiro) - **Director of Photography:** [Takeshi Hamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-hamada) ## Cast - [Ryō Kase](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryo-kase) - [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano) - [Nao Ōmori](https://cinepixo.com/people/nao-omori) - [Hidetoshi Nishijima](https://cinepixo.com/people/hidetoshi-nishijima) - [Kenichi Endō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenichi-endo) - [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://movies.kadokawa.co.jp/kubi/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kubi-2023 Film facts: Wikidata (Q117717959); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.