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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 on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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Grave, prestige, earnest and classical in form.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Takeshi KitanoToshizo Hijikata
- Ryuhei MatsudaSozaburo Kano
- Tadanobu AsanoHyozo Tashiro
- Yōichi SaiIsami Kondo
- Shinji TakedaOkita Sōji
- Susumu TerajimaSpy
- Tomorowo TaguchiSamurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- Yoji TanakaSamurai executed by Kanô
- Kei SatōNarrator (voice)
- Jiro Sakagami
Crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector
- Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay
- Ryōtarō ShibaNovel
- Toyomichi KuritaDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Tomoyo OshimaEditor
- Eiko OshimaProducer
- Kazuo ShimizuProducer
- Shigehiro NakagawaProducer
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