Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cannes Film Festival selection, "The Samurai and the Prisoner," will exclusively open at Film at Lincoln Center on July 31. The director will be in person for selected screenings of his tense, thought-provoking detective tale set in 16th-century Japan.

The Samurai and the Prisoner with Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Director)

In 16th-century Japan, Lord Murashige faces inexplicable crimes within his castle while besieged by an invading army, coercing him to consult a cunning strategist he imprisoned. This jidaigeki, adapted from a best-selling novel, is a tense and metaphysical whodunit with philosophical overtones, exploring the manipulation of terror.