A shipwrecked 13th century samurai considers ritual suicide until captured by cannibals on a seemingly deserted island. His will to live awakens.
Fun Facts
Primary photography took place on a remote Indonesian island, with second-unit work in Portugal (wave-tank shipwreck) and Kyoto (sound-stage flashbacks)—so the 13th-century Mongol invasion actually had a 2024 passport stamp.
The final 25-minute beach massacre used old-school squibs, pressurized hoses and silicone torsos. Crew nicknamed the tide-pool “Kool-Aid Cove” because the ocean literally turned cherry-red for two days.
Make-up dept. mixed charcoal, turmeric and banana-resin so face-paint would crack under sweat during fights—then added powdered squid ink for that extra “dead-skin” stench no actor could fake.