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(Synopsis)
Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.
Extras: 40-minute featurette of deleted scenes, 30-minute documentary shot during film awards, behind-the-scenes footage, trailers and storyboard
Director
Yoji Yamada
Script
Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Cast
Astushi Maeda
Astushi Yoshikawa
Baijaku Nakamura
Erina Hashiguchi
Hiroshi Kanbe
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kanako Fukaura
Keiko Kishi
Keishi Arashi
Kenji Yoshida
Kii Mizuno
Kouichi Taniguchi
Masahiro Sato
Masato Akatsuka
Masayasu Kitayama
Mayu Komori
Miki Ito
Min Tanaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Nenji Kobayashi
Norio Satou
Reiko Kusamura
Ren Osugiouda
Rie Miyazawa
Rio Ishino
Sachiko Takada
Senri Sakurai
Setsuko Tanaka
Shinjiro Nakamura
Shinya Amako
Takako Miyashima
Takashi Yamazaki
Teruhiko Tanaka
Tetsuro Tamba
Toshinori Omi
Tsukasa Sugawara
Yuuki Natsusaka
Publisher : HKV
Audio : Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video : WideScreen
Subtitles : Chinese/English
Running Time : 130mins
Release Year : 2002
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