Film
The Hidden Blade
2004 · 2h 12m · Drama · Romance
- IMDb
- 7.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 84%
- Metacritic
- 76
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Overview
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Cast
Masatoshi Nagase
Munezô Katagiri
Takako Matsu
Kie
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Samon Shimada
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Yaichirô Hazama
Tomoko Tabata
Shino Katagiri
Chieko Baisho
Mrs. Katagiri
Kunie Tanaka
Kanbê Katagiri
Sachiko Mitsumoto
Mrs. Iseya
Reiko Takashima
Hazama's Wife
Nana Saito
Bun
Nenji Kobayashi
Kôda
Ken Ogata
Chief Retainer Hori
Min Tanaka
Kansai Toda
Toshiki Ayata
Hiroshi Kanbe
Satoko Yamamura
Crew
- Yoji YamadaDirector · Screenplay
- Yoshitaka AsamaScreenplay
- Hiroshi FukazawaProducer
- Ichiro YamamotoProducer
- Junichi SakomotoExecutive Producer
- Mutsuo NaganumaDirector of Photography
- Isao TomitaOriginal Music Composer
- Iwao IshiiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 30, 2004
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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