Snow on The Blades

Overview

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 20, 2014

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Hiroshi Abe,Kiichi Nakai,Youichiro Omi,Hirosue Ryoko,Eisaku Yoshida,Hitoshi Nonomura,Sei Matobu,Yoshikuni Dôchin,Tatsuya Fuji,Kichiemon Nakamura IIand 1 more

Director

Setsuro Wakamatsu

Writer

Hironobu Takamatsu,Yasuo Hasegawa,Jiro Asada,Kenzaburô Iida

Producer

Yumiko Takebe,Hikaru Tani,Shohei Kotaki,Yoshihiro Kato,Kanjiro Sakura,Manabu Inoue,Masamitsu Haga

Cinematography

Tokushō Kikumura

Music

Joe Hisaishi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt3512282