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When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Name: When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Released: 2003-01-18
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani

Ratings: IMDB 7.3 / TMDB 7.4

Director: Yojiro Takita
Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani, Yuji Miyake, Keisuke Horibe, Atsushi Ito, Hideaki Ito, Ryo Kase, Eugene Nomura, Ayumu Saito
Region: Japan
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-01-18
Runtime: 137 min
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $2,487,338
Release dates: United States 2003-01-18, Japan 2002-11-04
Keywords: based on novel or book, japan, 19th century, jidaigeki, civil war, samurai, edo period, humanity, kyoto, japan, bakumatsu, shinsengumi, boshin war

Overview

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.