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Director:
Writers:
Shûhei Fujisawa (novel)
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 October 2005 (Japan) more
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Awards:
3 wins & 12 nominations more
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Cast

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Somegoro Ichikawa ... Maki
Yoshino Kimura ... Fuku
Koji Imada ... Shimazaki Yonosuke
Ryô Fukawa ... Kowada Ippei
Mieko Harada ... Tose
Ken Ogata ... Maki Sukezaemon
Takuya Ishida
Aimi Satsukawa ... Fuku, childfood
Masahiro Hisano
Yukihiro Iwabuchi
Hisahiro Ogura ... Koyanagi Kanpei
Ritsuko Enomoto
Eri Watanabe (as Eriko Watanabe)
Sachie Hara
Yasuo Daichi
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Also Known As:
The Samurai I Loved (International: English title)
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Japan:131 min
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Anyhting Shochiku can do Toho can do better (well perhaps not better, but pretty good anyway), 11 December 2006
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Author: Ian Seta from Sydney, Australia

Bunshiro, a young samurai finds himself on the wrong side of clan politics when his father is accused of plotting against the clan and forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). He and his mother find themselves evicted from their home and forced to live in a hovel. But Bunshiro is a talented swordsman and after a time he is reinstated and becomes a magistrate, filling the same job as his father. As he tours the countryside he discovers the political maneuvering which led to his fathers death is still widespread, and his childhood love who is now one of the lord's concubines has become an unwilling pawn. She has given birth to a boy and a rival faction has decided to kill the boy and blame Bunshiro.

Based on a story by Shuhei Fujisawa, who also wrote the stories "Twilight Samurai" and "Hidden Blade", Semi Shigure is a personal and intimate portrait of the life of a lowly ranked samurai. For fans of the genre, it's a must see.

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