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18 January 2003 (Japan)
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Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the...
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Excellent!
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Kiichi Nakai | ... | Kanichiro Yoshimura | |
| Kôichi Satô | ... | Hajime Saito | |
| Yui Natsukawa | ... | Shizu / Mitsu | |
| Takehiro Murata | ... | Chiaki Ono | |
| Miki Nakatani | ... | Nui | |
| Yûji Miyake | ... | Jiroemon Ohno | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yoshinori Hiruma | ... | Shinpachi Nagakura | |
| Keisuke Horibe | ... | Yasunoshin Shinohara | |
| Atsushi Itô | ... | Young Chiaki Ono | |
| Hideaki Ito | ... | Yoshinobu Tokugawa | |
| Ryo Kase | ... | Shuhei Kondo | |
| Momo Nakayama | ... | Young Mitsu Yoshimura | |
| Eugene Nomura | ... | Toshizo Hijikata | |
| Ayumu Saitô | ... | Ito | |
| Masato Sakai | ... | Soji Okita | |
| Sansei Shiomi | ... | Isamu Kondo | |
| Sora Tôma | ... | Kaichiro Yoshimura | |
| Kôji Tsukamoto | ... | Sonoyama | |
| Dai Watanabe | |||
| Tatsuo Yamada | ... | Sasuke | |
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn (International: English title)
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Japan:143 min | South Korea:104 min (heavily cut)
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The title "Mibu gishi den" literally means "Story of the Righteous Samurai of Mibu," and alludes to the "Ako gishi," better known in the West as the 47 Ronin.
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This movie was recommended to me after I went to see "The Last Samurai (2003)" and was deeply captivated with that story.
This movie takes place during the confusing times when the Emperor attempted to modernize Japan and the time of the samurai warriors and their shogun masters was ending. It tells the story of the "lesser" samurai Kanichiro Yoshimura and his rival Hajime Saito. This is more of a drama than an action movie, and that is where it scored high with me. Call it a samurai movie with a twist - or, if you like, one that probably is more historically correct and pays more respect to the proud samurai warriors.
My face did get wet, I admit that. I really did have empathy (and sympathy for that matter) with poor, hard-working, misunderstood Yoshimura. 10/10!