Trek to Yomi releases first trailer and details its inspiration in samurai cinema

The Devolver Digital adventure opens on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, in addition to Game Pass, on May 5.

One of the highlights of the month is Trek to Yomi, which goes on sale today, May 5, on PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Published by samurai game Digital Transformation It is also available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers and has presented the launch trailer, which you can see on these lines.

Along with him, we have a post about the game he wrote himself on the official PlayStation blog. Leonard Menchiari, creative director of the Flying Wild Hog development team. The text talks about the vision of those responsible for the title. powerful movie inspiration as the main claim.

“I fell in love with Kurosawa’s films, especially his films. seven samuraiIn my first year at university,” begins Menchiari. “The realism it represents daily and the direct and difficult way, the care in the composition and the interpretations of the actors who play it. connected at the human levelbeyond any cultural barriers, I found them truly fascinating”.

Not all the movies I’m inspired by are JapaneseLeonard MenchiariThe creator acknowledged that the inspiration went beyond Japan, but insists samurai cinema is the main engine after completing the project. “Some of the things the details really mattered were how things looked when it was rain and fire and everything in black and white,” he explains. “Not all the movies I was inspired by were Japanese. For example, buster keaton Films of the 1920s and 1930s and The Serpent (Orochi) also played roles.”

“My biggest goal and hope in making Trek to Yomi was to encourage people to get to know these classics of Japanese cinema. High praise for the work of Akira Kurosawa and I encourage anyone who hasn’t seen his films to do so. Great classics that are still worth seeing today,” he concludes.

As we mentioned at the beginning, Trek to Yomi is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | Available in S. However, its creators have left the door open. A possible release for Nintendo Switchalthough there is currently nothing confirmed about it.