Tokyo Drifter | Seijun Suzuki, 1966
Illusions of freedom. Narrow paths for drifters to prowl as they're dragged back into the old ways, or behind bars or fences or glass. Confusing and meaningless conflicts are fought out of tired obligation more than anything else, with no way out and no way back. As the battlegrounds become more abstract, the stakes become more psychological. Battles for the soul: money and power, or honour and freedom. A man walks alone into a shadowy unknown, with no idea how narrow the path ahead may be.