Tornado | Nerve Cinema
Date: 4 September 2025
Venue: Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry, Derry, BT48 6HJ
Tour-de-force homage to Japanese samurai films, set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain.
Tornado (Kōki) is a young and determined Japanese woman who finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father's (Takehiro Hira) travelling puppet Samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Jack Lowden).
In an attempt to create a new life for herself, Tornado seizes the opportunity to take matters into her own hands and steal the gold from their most recent heist. With her father murdered by the gang and her life in grave danger, what follows is a thrilling tale of adrenaline-fuelled action, as Tornado races against time to escape a violent demise and avenge her father's death.