The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken OchiaiDirector
- Hiroyuki OnoScreenplay
- Kazuma JinnouchiOriginal Music Composer
- Nobuko TodaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Seizō FukumotoSeiichi
- Chihiro YamamotoSatsuki iga
- Hirotaro HondaKenichi Naganuma
- Masashi GodaAkihiko Kawashima
- Rantaro MineCast
- Asahi KurizukaCast
- Michihiro KinoshitaCast
- Yoshiyuki ShibataCast
- Kazuaki TaiCast
- Boiru NakajimaCast
- Anna KawashimaCast
- ShogenCast
Stills
Themes
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