The read
It runs long at 2h 39m.
Synopsis
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Kenji MisumiDirector
- Kenji MisumiScreenplay
- Takeo KunihiroScreenplay
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hideki TakahashiSugi Toranosuke
- Ken OgataNakamura Hanjiro
- Teruhiko SaigōOkita Soji
- Masaomi KondoIba Hachiro
- Keiko MatsuzakaReiko
- Kiwako TaichiOhide
- Asao SanoCast
- Ayako HonamiCast
- Toru MinegishiCast
- Takahiro TamuraIkemoto Mohei
- Taketoshi NaitōCast
- Jūkei FujiokaCast
Stills
Themes
japansamuraijidaigekiedo periodbakumatsuboshin war