Unforgiven (2013 film)

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Unforgiven
Film poster
Directed by	Lee Sang-il
Written by	Lee Sang-il
Based on	Unforgiven by David Peoples
Starring	Ken Watanabe
Cinematography	Norimichi Kasamatsu
Edited by	Tsuyoshi Imai
Music by	Taro Iwashiro
Production companies	Nikkatsu Office Shirous Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	6 September 2013 (2013-09-06) (Venice) 13 September 2013 (2013-09-13) (Japan)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese Ainu

Unforgiven (許されざる者, Yurusarezaru Mono) is a 2013 Japanese jidaigeki Western film written and directed by Lee Sang-il. It is a remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 western Unforgiven, written by David Peoples. The film was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^[1][2] The film also made its US debut as the opening film for LA EigaFest 2013. It was also presented in 2014 in the Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now category) and out of competition in the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

The plot closely follows the original 1992 film, but shifts the setting to Japan's Hokkaido frontier during the early Meiji period. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), a former samurai, is approached by an old associate to help claim the bounty on two men who have disfigured a prostitute.