Ken'ichi Matsuyama's back at the festival starring in another live-action manga adaption. Last year, Matsuyama starred in one of my favorite MM movies ever, Detroit Metal City based on the eponymous manga.  And he's also starred as L in the live action adaptation of Death Note.  And this year he stars in an adaption of Sanpei Shirato's  Kamui Gaiden, in which he plays a ninja fleeing his ninja clan--and it's screening in the daytime (in fact, today and Saturday morning.

How crazy is that the madness has infected the festival to the point that not only is a viking film playing the non-Madness program, a ninja film is? At this rate, I look forward to Sonny Chiba's presenting some of his favorite films in Dialogues program.  After all, he's not only a ninjitsu master, he's a guest professor in film studies at Kyoto University of Art and Design.

Let's have a little Gentleman of Asskickery moment with Sonny Chiba:

Kamui Gaiden's final screening at TIFF is on: Saturday September 19, 09:45AM - AMC 3