Samurai Rauni

2016 [FINNISH]

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama

3
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 572 572

samurai dark comedy surrealism chambara

Plot summary

Villagers are afraid of Samurai Rauni Reposaarelainen, who keeps them on their toes every day. When someone places a bounty on Rauni's head, he goes after this mysterious person.

Director

Mika Rättö Photo
Mika Rättö

Top cast

Mika Rättö Photo
Mika Rättö as Rauni Reposaarelainen / Mustarastas
Minna Norrgård Photo
Minna Norrgård as Koivurannan tytär
Reetta Turtiainen Photo
Reetta Turtiainen as Reetta-geisha
Harri Sippola Photo
Harri Sippola as Ninjamestari Hatanpää
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730.06 MB
1280*714
Finnish 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 19 min
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1.47 GB
1920*1072
Finnish 5.1
NR
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1 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wistfull

I can't rate this one, so I won't

Now this is an odd one. A samurai film... in some surreal version of modern day Finland?This film isn't really like anything else I've seen. It's so strange in a completely pointless way that it's difficult to say whether it's really poor or actually amazing.The storyline sort of makes sense but also doesn't. It feels like a fable or a fairy tale, but so dark and odd... there's something dreamlike and nightmarish about the whole film. The closest comparison I can think of is Jodorowsky, at least visually.There's some dark, deadpan humour involved, and several musical numbers. The director of the film had only made music videos before this, and it shows. Technically the whole film is nothing short of a miracle - they worked on a budget of 50 000, and the only people ever involved in a film production before were the sound guy and some of the actors.Still, looking at the result, you wouldn't know that it's an amateur production. Finnish cinema in general is quite bad, since the film industry is small and there isn't a lot of money to go around, which results in making all of the safest, most boring choices possible (such as recreating film franchises that have been succesful elsewhere). If nothing else, Samurai Rauni shows that making a film that stands out isn't dependent on money, but rather on an original idea combined with a strong vision.
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Reviewed by yxoa 2 / 10

I cannot verbalize my disappointment

Seeing trailers and waiting the movie come out, I was thrilled. Finally, it seemed, Finland got it's first major film based somehow on Japanese culture. As a total anime wreck who wouldn't be waiting something as absurd as samurai story located in Finnish archipelago?

And surely it delivered in terms of absurd.

There was little story to follow - if any. There wasn't any character development and if that was somehow to be punished later on, it didn't give viewer enough bone to gnaw. Scenery was nice from time to time, but the lack of proper directing, camera work, editing, screen writing and acting it did not rescue.

If "Seven Samurai" was a huge disappointment, this sure won that race. Would not recommend.

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