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Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Keywords
samurai
based on novel or book
sword fight
revenge
honor
period drama
historical
caste system
jidaigeki
edo period
social class
feudal japan
bushi
bakumatsu
Casts
Masatoshi Nagase
Munezô Katagiri
Takako Matsu
Kie
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Samon Shimada
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yaichirô Hazama
Tomoko Tabata
Shino Katagiri
Chieko Baisho
Mrs. Katagiri
Kunie Tanaka
Kanbê Katagiri
Sachiko Mitsumoto
Mrs. Iseya
Reiko Takashima
Hazama's Wife
Nana Saito
Bun
Nenji Kobayashi
Kôda
Ken Ogata
Chief Retainer Hori
Min Tanaka
Kansai Toda
Toshiki Ayata
Hiroshi Kanbe
Satoko Yamamura
Kazuhiko Kasai
Ryota Sato
Yoshiko Shinohara
Koichi Kira
Toru Iwasu
Yuuki Natsusaka
Ryuji Komine
Tsukasa Sugawara
Tamami Kaneko
Makoto Akatsuka
Mantaro Koichi
Masayasu Kitayama
Yoji Matsuda
Koen Kondo
Takashi Sasano
Crews
Yoji Yamada
Director
Yoji Yamada
Screenplay
Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer
Shuhei Fujisawa
Original Story
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Art Direction
Gengon Nakaoka
Lighting Technician
Yasushi Yamazaki
Other
Naoko Asari
Sound Editor
Shigeyuki Onodera
Music Producer
Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects
Kinichi Hanawa
Assistant Director
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Tadafumi Ito
Assistant Director
Masaki Arai
Assistant Director
Yukitomo Tochino
Gun Wrangler
Etsuko Egawa
Special Effects
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Junichi Sakomoto
Executive Producer
Backdrops & Posters
