Review: The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner is an intelligent mashup of the period drama and the whodunnit. Read More Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 18, 2026The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Honobu Yonezawa, Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka AokiComment