On July 28, 2026, IFC is releasing the 4K Ultra HD for Tornado, a period actioner directed by John Maclean, who is best known for 2015’s Slow West.
Tornado stars Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Takehiro Hira (Shōgun) and Koki (Ox-Head Village).
The film, set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, follows Tornado (Koki), a young and determined woman who finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s (Hira) traveling puppet samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (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 (via Deadline).
Features:
- Audio commentary with writer/director John Maclean and director of photography Robbie Ryan
- New video interview with John Maclean
- Making of Tornado – Super 8mm film
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Josh Slater-Williams
🔥 Footnote: If you’re wondering who lead star Koki is, you’re not alone. Koki, born Mitsuki Kimura, is a Japanese actress, model, and songwriter (her father is megastar Takuya Kimura and her mother is singer Kudo Shizuka) who has been steadily making a name for herself in film and fashion. She first broke out as a teenager in the modeling world, working with major international brands before shifting into acting. Since then, she’s appeared in 2022’s Ox-Head Village (from Ju-on director, Takashi Shimizu), 2024’s Touch, and the aforementioned Tornado. Last year, she picked up the Rising Star award at the Asian Film Awards, a nod to how quickly she’s becoming one of the more talked about young talents in Asian cinema.
Tornado is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Watch the Trailer below:
Slow West was great, so I’m expecting good things from this one.
I was interested in Slow West, but I think it went over my head. It was like a combination of what Hal Hartley and Alejandro Jodorowski would do.
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It was also a bit much when the main character realizes the woman he loves is with someone else, and then salt on a shelf literally pours into his open wound. As Ralph Wiggum would say, it symbolized obviousness.
That’s a fantastic description! Totally accurate. And I can see why obvious symbolism would rub someone the wrong way, but the whole thing was so unusual that I didn’t mind at all.
Thank you. I suppose Slow West was meant to be one of those movies that rubs certain people the wrong way, and anybody who “got it” was automatically one of the manner-of-speaking cool kids.
Sometimes I go for absurdist and surreal entertainment, but sometimes it goes too off the deep end for me. Tornado appears to be more of a linear narrative, so we shall see how it turns out.
This looks interesting.
The trailer is now out.
https://youtu.be/JCW7OoSp0bI
from what i recall, there’s very little action in the movie, it’s just a regular western.