Bunraku (2010)

2010 film by Guy Moshe

Released

2010

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre

Martial arts film, Samurai film

Director

Guy Moshe

Screenplay

Boaz Davidson

Producer

Keith Calder

Music

Terence Blanchard

Cinematography

Juan Ruiz Anchía

Editing

Zach Staenberg

Starring

Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, GACKT, Kevin McKidd, Ron Perlman, Demi Moore, Jordi Mollà, Mike Patton

Running time

120 minutes

Distributor

Netflix

Bunraku is a 2010 martial-arts action film written and directed by Guy Moshe, based on a story by Boaz Davidson. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd, and Gackt and follows a young drifter in his quest for revenge.

The title Bunraku is derived from a 400-year-old form of Japanese puppet theater, a style of storytelling that uses 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall puppets with highly detailed heads, each operated by several puppeteers who blend into the background wearing black robes and hoods. The classic tale is re-imagined in a world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy. Its themes draw heavily on samurai and Western films.

Bunraku premiered as an official selection of the Midnight Madness section at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, and a limited theatrical release was slated for September 2011.

Cast

• Josh Hartnett
• Woody Harrelson
• GACKT
• Kevin McKidd
• Ron Perlman
• Demi Moore
• Jordi Mollà
• Mike Patton
• Mark Ivanir
• Emil Hostina
• Samuli Vauramo
• Gabriel Spahiu
• Marcel Iureș
• Shun Sugata

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q2702930 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.