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Tornado (2025 film)
Film by John Maclean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tornado is a 2025 British period action drama film written and directed by John Maclean, It stars Kōki, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Tim Roth.
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The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on 26 February 2025, and is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2025.
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Premise
A travelling Samurai show in Britain in 1790 crosses paths with ruthless criminals, but one of the performers, Tornado, hatches a plan to play them at their own game.[2]
Cast
- Kōki as Tornado
- Jack Lowden as Little Sugar
- Takehiro Hira as Fujin, Tornado's father
- Tim Roth as Sugarman[3]
- Joanne Whalley
Production
Tornado was written and directed by John Maclean. It was produced by Tea Shop Productions, with financial support from Screen Scotland, the BFI and Ashland Hill Media Finance, and funding from The National Lottery. In May 2023, it was reported that Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki was cast in leading roles.[4][3] Principal photography with Robbie Ryan as cinematographer began in Edinburgh, Scotland in January 2024.[5]
Release
HanWay Films held sales at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.[2] In January 2024, Lionsgate UK acquired the United Kingdom and Ireland rights.[6] IFC Films acquired rights to the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for a 30 May 2025 limited cinema release.[3][7] It is also expected to stream on Shudder.[3]
The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on 26 February 2025.[8] It was the closing film of the International Film Festival of St Andrews 2025.[9] It is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by Lionsgate on 13 June 2025.[10]
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