Episode 295: KIRU (1962)

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KIRU (also known as DESTINY’S SON) is a 1962 samurai film directed by Kenji Misumi and written by Kaneto Shindo, based on a novel by Renzaburo Shibata. The film stars Raizo Ichikawa as Shingo, the secret son of an assassin executed for the crime of killing her lord’s concubine.

Shingo learns of his true nature after a rival family massacres his adoptive father and sister for denying the secret of Shingo’s birth. After exacting revenge on the killers, Shingo visits his father, who was also his mother’s executioner, before embarking on a journey as a wandering ronin.

**References: **

• Watch KIRU (DESTINY’S SON) on the Internet Archive
• Get English subtitles that match here
• “Kenji Misumi: Both Lone Wolf and the Cub” by John Moret for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music from the ending of KIRU.

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