Bunraku is a 2010 martial-arts action film written and directed by Guy Moshe based on a story by Boaz Davidson. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd, and Gackt and follows a young drifter in his quest for revenge. The title Bunraku is derived from a 400-year-old form of Japanese puppet theater, a style of storytelling that uses 4-foot -tall puppets with highly detailed heads, each operated by several puppeteers who blend into the background wearing black robes and hoods. The classic tale is re-imagined in a world that mixes skewed reality with... shadow-play fantasy. Its themes draw heavily on Samurai and Western. Bunraku premiered as an official selection of the Midnight Madness section at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. A limited theatrical release was slated for September 2011. In the aftermath of a global war, guns have been outlawed but people still fight, using knives and fists. Nicola the Woodcutter is the most powerful man east of the Atlantic, a shadowy crime boss who rules with an iron fist and nine assassins called the Killers. His right-hand man is Killer No.
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| Release date: | September 11, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Guy Moshe |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Keith Calder, Jessica Wu, Nava Levin, Ram Bergman |
| Editor: | Zach Staenberg, Glenn Garland |
| Music by: | Terence Blanchard |
| Cinematography: | Juan Ruiz Anchia |
| Screenplay by: | Guy Moshe |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Western |