"Take up your sword."

2010

2h 21m

7.3(1280 votes)

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Drama

Action

Overview

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Koji Yakusho

Shinzaemon Shimada

Takayuki Yamada

Shinrokuro Shimada

Yūsuke Iseya

Koyata

Goro Inagaki

Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira

Kazue Fukiishi

Tsuya / Upashi

Hiroki Matsukata

Kuranaga

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Kuzuro Hirayama

Ikki Sawamura

Gunziro Mitsuhasi

Arata Furuta

Heizo Sahara

Sousuke Takaoka

Yasoyosi Hioki

Creative team

Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Daisuke Tengan
Produced by: Minami Ichikawa
Tōichirō Shiraishi

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