Sakurada Gate Incident (2010)
"Sakuradamon-gai no hen" (original title)

The Sakurada Gate Incident recounts the story of Mito Domain Samurai coming off house arrest named Seki Tetsunosuke (played by Osawa Takao). He along with other prominent Mito Clansmen are ... See full summary »

Director:

Jun'ya Satô

Writers:

Akira Yoshimura (novel), Itaru Era (screenplay),

Stars:

Takao Osawa, Kyoko Hasegawa, Minosuke Bandô

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Takao Osawa	...	Tetsunosuke seki
Kyoko Hasegawa	...	Fusa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Minosuke Bandô	...	Jizaemon Arimura
Akira Emoto	...	Magojiro Kaneko
Takaaki Enoki	...	Kouunsai Takeda
Hirotarô Honda	...	Genjiemon Sakuraoka
Masatô Ibu	...	Naosuke II
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	...	Shungaku Matsudaira
Seishirô Katô	...	Seiichiro seki
Yukiya Kitamura	...	Ryusuke Ando
Kin'ya Kitaôji	...	Nariaki Tokugawa
Yuri Nakamura	...	Ino
Katsuhisa Namase	...	Taiichiro Takahashi
Masahiko Nishimura	...	Tsunenosuke Nomura
Yôichi Nukumizu	...	Yoichi

Storyline

The Sakurada Gate Incident recounts the story of Mito Domain Samurai coming off house arrest named Seki Tetsunosuke (played by Osawa Takao). He along with other prominent Mito Clansmen are tasked to assassinate the Tairo (Great Elder) Ii Naosuke (played by Ibu Masato) who in the Shogun Iesada's absence has signed treaties without Imperial Consent with the Americans in the Treaty of Amity & Commerce in order to head off Japan's most imminent threat to Japan that has sent the county into crisis. By entering into the unequal agreement with the Americans Ii Naosuke committed the crime of violating the Mikado's law (Emperor Komei). In response to such outrage the Mito Domain informed the Imperial Court and sought sanction. An Imperial Writ from the Mikado was given directly by the court to the Mito breaking the protocol which angered the Bakufu (Shogunal Government) in Edo. This resulted in the Ansei Purge - Ii Naosuke's reign of terror that resulted in over 100 arrests and eight ...

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Plot Keywords:

edo period | gate | edo | anti christianity | sword fight | 

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Genres:

History

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

16 October 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Sakurada Gate Incident

Filming Locations:

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Company, Unique Brains

Technical Specs

Runtime:

137 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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