Shogen Fights Back on a Desert Island in ‘Lone Samurai’ Action Trailer

by Alex Billington
November 6, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Nothing less than their heads!” Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller samurai movie called Lone Samurai, made by American filmmaker / producer Josh C. Waller. This just premiered at Beyond Fest 2025, where they explain in the intro: the film “reimagines the classic samurai epic through an intimate, hallucinatory lens. When a violent and reckless ronin is shipwrecked on a remote island, he’s left with no outlet for his rage—only the ghosts of his past and the unforgiving landscape around him now. As isolation corrodes his mind, his search for peace turns into a brutal spiritual trial, one that blurs the line between reality and nightmare.” The film stars Japanese actor Shogen (real name Shogen Itokazu) as Riku, along with Keigo Sunagawa, Yuma Sunagawa, Sumire Ashina, and badass Indonesian actor Yayan Ruhian you’ll recognize from The Raid films. The fest adds: “With sparse dialogue, stark visuals & a surreal crescendo that fuses Cast Away’s existential solitude with the feverish pulp of Temple of Doom, [the film] becomes a meditation on redemption, madness, and survival.” This sounds and looks pretty cool! Click play.

Here’s the official trailer (+ two posters) for Josh C. Waller’s film Lone Samurai, direct from YouTube:

A violent, reckless samurai (starring Shogen) is shipwrecked on a desolate island, stripped of any outlet for his rage. As he embarks on a punishing spiritual journey to quiet his turbulent mind, the line between meditation and madness begins to blur. When external demons—manifesting as flesh-hungry cannibals—abduct him, his grip on reality and his mastery of the blade are tested in ways he never imagined. Lone Samurai is written and directed by American producer / filmmaker Josh C. Waller, director of the films Raze, McCanick, and Camino previously; plus a producer on many other indie projects including Mandy. Produced by Alan Pao, Doris Pfardrescher, and Josh C. Waller. Filmed in Indonesia and Japan. This initially premiered at the 2025 Beyond Fest and Newport Beach Film Festivals this fall. Well Go USA will release Waller’s Lone Samurai film direct-to-VOD on December 12th, 2025 this fall. Look good? Want to watch?

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