The Last Samurai
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- Action
- Drama
Overview
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Keywords
- japan
- samurai
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- bakumatsu
- boshin war
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 20, 1974
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku
- Cast
- Hideki Takahashi,Ken Ogata,Teruhiko Saigō,Masaomi Kondo,Keiko Matsuzaka,Kiwako Taichi,Asao Sano,Ayako Honami,Toru Minegishi,Takahiro Tamuraand 34 more
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Producer
- Yoshiharu Mishima
- Cinematography
- Masao Kosugi
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0123129