Trailer for the Japanese remake of Unforgiven

With so many Japanese films having been remade for Western audiences (see Seven Samurai / The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo / A Fistful of Dollars, Gojira / Godzilla and a seemingly never ending supply of horrors starting with The Ring), director Lee Sang-Il (Hula Girls, Villain) is returning the favour with a Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Western Unforgiven.

Entitled Yurusarezaru Monu (A Thing That Can't Be Forgiven), the film stars Ken Watanabe (Batman Begins, Inception) in the lead role as a samurai with a violent past who is now living a peaceful life but finds himself drawn back to his old ways as he takes on one last job. Koichi Sato (The Magic Hour) will take the Little Bill role played by Gene Hackman in the original, while Akira Emoto (Villain) will play the main character’s old friend, as portrayed by Morgan Freeman in Unforgiven.

Check out a new trailer for Yurusarezaru Monu, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below...


Yurusarezaru Monu is expected to arrive in Japanese cinemas on September 13th. As yet, there's no word on a UK / North American release.