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Unforgiven

Unforgiven

Action · Crime · Drama · 2013

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

Movie details

Unforgiven

“How far can people be forgiven?”

2013 Action · Crime · Drama 2h 15m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Unforgiven?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sang-il Lee

Written by

Sang-il Lee

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Jubee Kamata

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Ichizo Oishi

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Kingo Baba

Yuya Yagira

Yuya Yagira

Goro Sawada

Shioli Kutsuna

Shioli Kutsuna

Natsume

Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Okaji

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Masaharu Kitaoji

Court is in session

Put Unforgiven on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.