A Samurai Chronicle (蜩ノ記, Higurashi no Ki) is a 2014 Japanese film directed by Takashi Koizumi.

A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.

[1] Koizumi claimed that he did not want to send any political messages with the film and instead intended to portray the real life events as accurately as possible.

[1] The film debuted at number two in the Japanese box office[2] and grossed a total of $8,804,424 in Japan.

[Though Koizumi and his veteran staff try to channel that sensibility, they are not Kurosawa, and though “A Samurai Chronicle” echoes the master’s work, it lacks his vivifying presence.