Overview
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 18, 1999
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Le Studio Canal+,Bac Films,Shochiku,Recorded Picture Company,Kadokawa Shoten,Oshima Productions,IMAGICA,Eisei Gekijo,KADOKAWA Shoten,BS Asahi
- Cast
- Takeshi Kitano,Ryuhei Matsuda,Tadanobu Asano,Yōichi Sai,Shinji Takeda,Susumu Terajima,Tomorowo Taguchi,Yoji Tanaka,Kei Satō,Jiro Sakagamiand 19 more
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Writer
- Ryōtarō Shiba,Nagisa Ōshima
- Cinematography
- Toyomichi Kurita
- Music
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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