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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Hachirô Kiyokawa | |
Shima Iwashita | ... | Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart | |
Eiji Okada | ... | Lord Matsudaira | |
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Isao Kimura | ... | Tadasaburô Sasaki |
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Tamotsu Hayakawa | ... | Shôzô Ishizaka |
Eitarô Ozawa | ... | Premier Itakura | |
Fujio Suga | ... | Kyûô Udono | |
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Muga Takewaki | ... | Shingo Miyagawa |
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Takanobu Hozumi | ... | Tetsutaro Yamaoka |
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Hideo Kidokoro | ... | Inaba |
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Tetsuji Takechi | ... | Hisamizu Shimazu |
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Gen Shimizu | ... | Jûjirô Ishii |
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Yoshindo Yamaji | ... | Detective Yoshikichi |
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Hiroshi Aoyama | ... | Sankichi |
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Shin'ya Mizushima | ... | Keijirô Aizawa (as Masaya Mizushima) |
In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
I like samurai movies, especially those that delve into areas that the run-of-the mill samurai movie does not (Rashomon, Hari-Kiri for example); but, this movie was confusing and really just not that good. I think the director was trying to prove something but, for the life of me, I don't know what. The freeze-frames throughout were annoying after awhile and didn't have the impact he thought they would.
The ending was anti-climactic... a sad thing all around...