A Samurai's Sorrow

Overview

A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of shogun, and are willing to do anything, including murder, in order to achieve their goal. Directed by master filmmaker Inoue Akira, this action packed movie, based on a manga by Koike Kazuo who created the Baby Cart (Lone Wolf) series, is loaded with splendid swordplay and an intelligent story line. It all starts when poison is discovered in the shogun’s food. Can the brilliant swordsman Mondo (Tamura Masakazu) manage to save Japan’s leader from certain death?!

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 7, 1993

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Katsuhiko Watabiki,Masumi Miyazaki,Kimiko Ikegami,Takahiro Tamura,Kōji Shimizu,Masakazu Tamura,Isao Hashizume,Sayoko Ninomiya,Ryo Tamura,Kaoru Yachigusaand 1 more

Director

Akira Inoue

Writer

Ichirō Miyagawa,Isaka Hiroshi,Kazuo Koike

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6692796