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Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

1999 |1h 40m |  Drama, History, Thriller

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Cast

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Ryuhei Matsuda

Sozaburo Kano

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Tadanobu Asano

Hyozo Tashiro

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Shinji Takeda

Okita Sōji

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Susumu Terajima

Spy

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Tomorowo Taguchi

Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

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Yoji Tanaka

Samurai executed by Kanô

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Kei Satō

Narrator (voice)

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Jiro Sakagami

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Yoshiaki Fujiwara

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Shun Sugata

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Uno Kanda

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Kazuko Yoshiyuki

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Mami Nakamura

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Chikako Aoyama

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Koji Matoba

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Masatô Ibu

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Ito Yozaburo

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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