Kubi
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
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Cast
56 people
Takeshi Kitano
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Known for
Ghost in the Shell
Battle Royale
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Akechi Mitsuhide
Known for
The Wind Rises
Drive My Car
Ryo Kase
Oda Nobunaga
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Outrage
Tadanobu Asano
Kuroda Kanbei
Known for
Shōgun
Thor: The Dark World
Nao Omori
Hashiba Hidenaga
Known for
Ichi the Killer
First Love
Shidou Nakamura
Naniwa Mosuke
Known for
Death Note
Letters from Iwo Jima
Yuichi Kimura
Sorori Shinzaemon
Known for
Nobody Knows
Kamikaze Girls
Kenichi Endō
Araki Murashige
Known for
Visitor Q
THE DAYS
Masanobu Katsumura
Saito Toshimitsu
Known for
Sonatine
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Kenta Kiritani
Hattori Hanzo
Known for
Crows Zero II
Close-Knit
Kaoru Kobayashi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Known for
Princess Mononoke
THE DAYS
Ittoku Kishibe
Sen no Rikyu
Known for
Zatoichi
Survive Style 5+
Takeshi Kitano Director · Takehiko Minato Screenplay Taro Iwashiro Composer
Worldwide gross $6.1M · Budget $9.6M · United States release October 20, 2026
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Budget
$9,600,000
Worldwide gross
$6,129,032
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
KADOKAWA
Production
TOHO
Production
L'espace Vision
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
首
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
France · May 23, 2023
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Japan · November 23, 2023
Theatrical
United States · October 20, 2026
Digital · Netflix
United States
October 21, 2023 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
July 16, 2024 · Premiere · JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Hong Kong SAR China
March 30, 2024 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Japan
May 20, 2024 · Digital
Macao SAR China
March 23, 2024 · Premiere · Macao International Queer Film Festival
South Korea
October 20, 2026 · Digital
Spain
May 20, 2024 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 19, 2023 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 23, 2025 · Premiere · Queer East Festival
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