In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Directed byHirokazu Kore-eda
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- June 3, 2006
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Cast & crew
Junichi Okada
Sozaemon Aoki
Rie Miyazawa
Osae
Arata Furuta
Sadashiro
Teruyuki Kagawa
Jirozaemon Hirano
Tomoko Tabata
Onobu
Ryûhei Ueshima
Otokichi
Yuichi Kimura
Magosaburo
Ryo Kase
Sodekichi
Seiji Chihara
Tomekichi
Sei Hiraizumi
Zenzo
- Directed by
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Written by
- Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Produced by
- Nozomu EnokiShiho Sato
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