Samurai silhouette under neon sign

A lone samurai stands centered beneath a horizontal neon sign in a narrow city alley, positioned for a 9:16 vertical frame with headroom and full figure visible for cinematic emphasis. The mood is brooding and contemplative with steady posture and a quiet resolve that reads like a moment before movement. Wet cobblestone and rain-sheened wood surfaces provide reflective texture that picks up cyan and magenta highlights from the sign. The figure silhouette is crisply rendered in deep charcoal against a halo of neon glow that echoes #0FF0FF and #FF007F with warmer #FFD166 accents on metal and paper surfaces. Surfaces such as a worn kimono fabric, slick cobbles, and a aged paper lantern register tactile detail. Focus plane resolves on the samurai's torso and sword edge with a shallow to moderate depth that leaves the alley receding softly. Light is soft-edged with gentle separation to reveal silhouette contour while preserving moody shadows and cool overall color bias. The composition is a tight vertical portrait view at eye to slightly low vantage, with clean negative space above for the sign and balanced ground fill below. A single paper lantern and a discarded umbrella act as story cues that hint at shelter and recent passage. Render as a cinematic digital illustration with painterly brush textures and subtle grain to emphasize atmosphere.