Killing

Killing(2018)

"Why must I kill?"

7.2/10
67 votes
80 minOctober 8, 2018

Overview

In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village.

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