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About
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?
Director
Writers
Hironobu Takamatsu, Yasuo Hasegawa, Kenzaburô Iida
Producers
Shohei Kotaki, Yoshihiro Kato, Masamitsu Haga
Music
Studio
Shochiku
Original Title
柘榴坂の仇討
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →K
Kiichi Nakai
Kingo Shimura
H
Hiroshi Abe
Jyubei Sahashi
K
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Naosuke Ii
R
Ryoko Hirosue
Setsu Shimura
M
Masahiro Takashima
Shinnosuke Naito
S
Sei Matobu
Masa
E
Eisaku Yoshida
Toyoho Takarabe
Y
Youichiro Omi
Kakuma Shimura
Y
Yoshikuni Dôchin
Shuemon Inaba
T
Tatsuya Fuji
Kazue Akimoto
H
Hitoshi Nonomura
