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Keanu Reeves | ... | ||
Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | ||
Ko Shibasaki | ... |
Mika
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Tadanobu Asano | ... | ||
Min Tanaka | ... | ||
Jin Akanishi | ... | ||
Masayoshi Haneda | ... | ||
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Hiroshi Sogabe | ... |
Hazama
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Takato Yonemoto | ... | ||
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Hiroshi Yamada | ... |
Hara
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Shû Nakajima | ... | |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | ||
Neil Fingleton | ... | ||
Rinko Kikuchi | ... | ||
Natsuki Kunimoto | ... |
Riku
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While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako. The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting Lord Kira of Nagato, and is punished into committing seppuku by the Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and the half-breed sets out for revenge against the Shogun's order. Written by Immanuel A.
As this is a fantasy retelling of a historic event it takes liberties. However, for me it was about Honor above all else. I left the theater not only entertained and with a sense of pride in the story telling. As a veteran it resonates what I felt when we finished what we had to accomplish. I did not read the reviews going into today's viewing, however after I seen it I read the reviews and I think they got it wrong. This movie is very good with a lot of understatement and sometimes it gets fanciful but does not takeaway from the story telling. I believe if you go a see it you will be surprised how good it is.