Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Courier' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Sho Miyake-directed movie via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.
Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Courier' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Courier' right now, here are some particulars about the Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp. drama flick.
Released , 'The Courier' stars Tomomitsu Adachi, Kai Inowaki, Shizuka Ishibashi, Ryu Morioka The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 3 respected users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "At the beginning of the 19th century, Japan was under a policy of national isolation. A group of Dutch scholars who wanted to open the country secretly completed a copy of a map of Japan under shogunate control. They sent a young Dutch scholar, Michi-an, as a secret envoy to deliver the copy of the map to the Dutch. Michi-an, hiding himself and making his way through the deserted winter mountains, but the mountain guardians, led by Takayama, had begun hunting in the mountains with a description of Michi-an's appearance arranged by the shogunate." .
