Tornado15

Directed by John Maclean | UK | 2025 | 1h 31m | Starring Kôki, Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, Joanne Whalley

In 1790s Britain, the daughter of a Japanese puppeteer finds herself alone and hunted after her father’s travelling Samurai show collides with a band of ruthless criminals. With their stolen gold in hand and her father’s warrior teachings as her guide, she sets out on a path of vengeance. Directed by Slow West’s John Maclean, this bold, blood-soaked thriller pays homage to classic samurai cinema while blazing its own trail.

Reviews

‘It’s more that the specific combination of jidaigeki period piece, highland character study, and frontier justice that’s new, making Tornado a harrowing, blustery, violent amalgamation of an idiosyncratic spirit.’
★★★★
Andy Crump, The AV Club

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