Japan,
2010, 114 min
Directed by:
平山秀幸Screenplay:
江良至Cinematography:
Hirokazu IshiiCast:
Chizuru Ikewaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Jun Murakami, Etsushi Toyokawa, 吉川晃司, Naho Toda, Kenichi Yajima, Kazuya Takahashi, 関めぐみ, 山田キヌヲ, 前田健, Hana Kino, つまみ枝豆 (more)Plots(1)
In order to save his fief, expert swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon publicly assassinates his lord's favorite concubine. Instead of being beheaded, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for one year, then ordered to serve as the lord's bodyguard. This thrilling tale of honor, intrigue and deception inevitably ends in bloodshed and betrayal. (official distributor synopsis)
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