Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yoichi Sai
Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
Spy
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Jiro Sakagami
Unknown
Eve Masatoh
Unknown
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Unknown
Kenichi Urata
Unknown
Shun Sugata
Unknown
Yuji Yamazaki
Unknown
Usaburo Oshima
Unknown
Takashi Odajima
Unknown
Uno Kanda
Unknown
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Unknown
Mami Nakamura
Unknown
Makoto Togashi
Unknown
Chikako Aoyama
Unknown
Koji Matoba
Unknown
Tommy's Masa
Susumu Yamazaki
Masatô Ibu
Unknown
Katsura Zakoba
Unknown
Daisuke Iijima
Unknown
Yōichi Iijima
Unknown
Ito Yozaburo
Unknown
Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Ryōtarō Shiba
Novel
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Kazuo Shimizu
Producer
Eiko Oshima
Producer
Satoru Iseki
Associate Producer
Masayuki Motomochi
Line Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Line Producer
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Kunio Yamasaki
Makeup Artist
Mitsuyo Takasaki
Makeup Artist
Keiko Kawamoto
Sound Effects Editor
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor
Kunio Ando
Sound
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Shōichi Yasuda
Set Decoration
Tomoko Kurata
Assistant Production Design
Eri Yamamoto
Assistant Production Design
Chie Aoki
Negative Cutter
Hikozo Akamatsu
Title Designer
