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(Synopsis)
In the beginning of the Eighteenth Century, in the transition period between the luxurious Genroku Era (1688-1703) and the simple Kyocho Era (1716-1735), the ronin - a samurai without a master - Ihei Misawa (Akira Terao) and his sweet wife Tayo Misawa (Yoshiko Miyazaki) are trapped in a very humble inn with very poor guests.
The rain does not stop, and the group is unable to follow their journeys, once the water level of the river is too high to be crossed. The good and decent Ilhei goes to a dojo without the knowledge of Tayo and disputes a fight, and with the collected money, he buys food and sake for the starving costumers, making the people very happy.
After the rain, in an incident with some locals, he meets the feudal landlord, Lord Nagai Izuminokami Shigeaki (Shiro Mifune), who invites him to be the chief of art of fencing of his warriors, but the envy and proud prevail and Misawa is dismissed from the aimed job. The quiet Tayo decides to present her optimistic and touching viewpoint of what happened to Ilhei.
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Director
Takashi Koizumi
Script
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Akira Terao
Fumi Dan
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hisashi Igawa
Mieko Harada
Shiro Mifune
Takayuki Kato
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Publisher : Toho
Audio : Japanese
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : English/Japanese
Running Time : 91mins
Release Year : 1999
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