Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Ito Senba
Ito Iguchi
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura
Kinu Iguchi
Tetsuro Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi
Kanako Fukaura
Yae Iinuma
Makoto Akatsuka
Yazaki
Masahiro Sato
Sekiguchi
Masayasu Kitayama
Kawanami
Baijaku Nakamura
Gonbei Terauchi
Yuuki Natsusaka
Gemba Hattori
Takai Mizuno
Tane
Toshinori Omi
Shichijuro Ohtsuka
Kinnosuke Nakamura II
Samurai Lord
Keishi Arashi
Chief Retainer Hori
Rio Ishino
Pageboy
Norio Sato
Rickshaw Driver
Senri Sakurai
Tozaemon's Attendant
Jun Maeda
Unknown
Setsuko Tanaka
Unknown
Tsukasa Sugawara
Unknown
Ryota Sato
Unknown
Koichi Taniguchi
Unknown
Teruhiko Tanaka
Unknown
Takako Miyajima
Unknown
Sachiko Takada
Unknown
Mayu Komori
Unknown
Takahiro Kuriya
Unknown
Atsushi Yoshikawa
Unknown
Kenji Yoshida
Unknown
Takashi Yamazaki
Unknown
Shinya Amako
Unknown
Eri Mitsuto
Unknown
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Director, Screenplay
Yoshitaka Asama
Screenplay
Shuhei Fujisawa
Novel
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Kinichi Hanawa
Assistant Director
Mikito Tanaka
Assistant Director
Yuzo Asahara
Assistant Director
Masaki Arai
Assistant Director
Yasutaka Maehara
Assistant Director
Ayato Kurokawa
Assistant Director
Emiko Hiramatsu
Assistant Director
Tomoo Miyagawa
Executive Producer
Tomiyasu Ishikawa
Executive Producer
Toshio Hagiwara
Executive Producer
Tetsuo Suga
Executive Producer
Motoyuki Oka
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Producer
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Producer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Shinji Hiraki
Assistant Camera
Miho Kimbara
Assistant Camera
Makoto Kusaka
Assistant Camera
Takefumi Nakabo
Assistant Camera
Ichiro Suzuki
Second Assistant Camera
Tsugio Okada
Second Assistant Camera
Yukio Kaneko
Steadicam Operator
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Kazuo Matsuda
Costumer
Emiko Yuzawa
Costumer
Yuki Hisamichi
Makeup Artist
Sonomi Muramatsu
Makeup Artist
Yukio Hokari
Sound Effects
Kazumi Kishida
Sound Recordist
Gengon Nakaoka
Chief Lighting Technician
Takaaki Miyanishi
Additional Lighting Technician
Haruhiro Yamaguchi
Additional Lighting Technician
Jun Kodama
Additional Lighting Technician
Hisao Kagami
Additional Lighting Technician
Masahiko Kataoka
Additional Lighting Technician
Shunri Rinoie
Additional Lighting Technician
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Shigeyuki Onodera
Music Producer
Naoko Asari
Music Editor
Sayuri Suzuki
Still Photographer
Tadashi Kaneda
Still Photographer
Hiroshi Kuze
Fight Choreographer
Yuuki Natsusaka
Fight Choreographer
Atsushi Shimamura
Decorator
Yosui Inoue
Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance
Yoshinori Aso
Production Manager
Takakazu Aiba
Production Manager
Junichi Mine
Unit Production Manager
Tomohiko Saito
Unit Production Manager
Mitsuo Degawa
Art Direction
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