When the Last Sword Is Drawn
| When the Last Sword Is Drawn | |
|---|---|
Jiro Asada | |
| Produced by | Nozomu Enoki Hideji Miyajima |
| Starring | Kiichi Nakai Kōichi Satō Yui Natsukawa Takehiro Murata |
| Cinematography | Takeshi Hamada |
| Edited by | Nobuko Tomita |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $4,000,000[2] |
| Box office | $2,487,338[3] |
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (壬生義士伝, Mibu Gishi Den, Legend of the Loyal Retainers of Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor (Kiichi Nakai) and Best Supporting Actor (Kōichi Satō). It received a further eight nominations.[4]
Synopsis
The film tells the story of two
Nambu Morioka
.
The main storyline is set during the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, but it is told in a series of flashbacks as Saitō and another man reminisce. The themes include conflicting loyalty to the clan, lord, and family.
More than just swordplay, it is the story of a man willing to do anything for the good of his family, even if it means never being able to see them.
Cast
- Kiichi Nakai — Yoshimura Kanichiro
- Kōichi Satō — Saitō Hajime
- Yui Natsukawa — Shizu/Mitsu
- Takehiro Murata — Ono Chiaki
- Miki Nakatani — Nui
- Yuji Miyake — Ohno Jiroemon
- Sansei Shiomi — Kondō Isami
- Hijikata Toshizo
- Okita Soji
- Atsushi Itō — Young Chiaki Ono
- Kanji Tsuda — Ōkubo Toshimichi
- Hideaki Itō — Tokugawa Yoshinobu
References
- IMDb
- ^ "Box office / business for When the Last Sword is Drawn (2002)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ^ "Mibu gishi den". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
External links
- Mibu gishi den (2003) at IMDb
- Mibu gishiden at AllMovie
- 壬生義士伝 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- "MIBU GISHI DEN". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- 壬生義士伝 (in Japanese). Walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- 壬生義士伝(2002) (in Japanese). Allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- "Variety Japan" 壬生義士伝 (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
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