The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai (1974)


  • Genre: Drama, Action
  • Release Date: 1974-09-20
  • User Rating: 7.8/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 39min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Shochiku
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Misumi
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Summary

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

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  • Hideki Takahashi

    as Sugi Toranosuke

  • Ken Ogata

    as Nakamura Hanjiro

  • Teruhiko Saigō

    as Okita Soji

  • Masaomi Kondo

    as Iba Hachiro

  • Keiko Matsuzaka

    as Reiko

  • Kiwako Taichi

    as Ohide

  • Asao Sano

    as

  • Ayako Honami

    as

  • Toru Minegishi

    as

  • Takahiro Tamura

    as Ikemoto Mohei

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    as

  • Jūkei Fujioka

    as

  • Kenji Imai

    as

  • Tōru Abe

    as

  • Shunya Wazaki

    as

  • Toyoto Fukuda

    as

  • Hinode Nishikawa

    as

  • Taro Jin

    as

  • Chisato Aoki

    as

  • Reiko Kasahara

    as

  • Kaori Taniguchi

    as

  • Ryūtarō Tatsumi

    as

  • Jiro Sakagami

    as

  • Hirokazu Inoue

    as

  • Kunji Harada

    as

  • Riki Harada

    as

  • Jun Kashima

    as

  • Kentarô Imai

    as

  • Ryûsuke Kita

    as

  • Hideaki Komori

    as

  • Taku Kido

    as

  • Hideto Nakagawa

    as

  • Shuichi Oki

    as

  • Sōnosuke Oda

    as

  • Kenji Sonoda

    as

  • Takuya Shiba

    as

  • Terumitsu Kawashima

    as

  • Seishirō Hara

    as

  • Yukio Horikita

    as

  • Seiichi Yoshida

    as

  • Kôei Yamamoto

    as

  • Kenji Kimura

    as

  • Akihiko Hanyû

    as

  • Natsuko Oka

    as
Directing Kenji Misumi Director
Lighting Rei Miura Lighting Technician
Directing Akira Masuda Assistant Director
Production Yoshiharu Mishima Executive Producer
Art Chiyoo Umeda Art Direction
Production Akira Inomata Associate Producer
Production Kyuzo Kobayashi Associate Producer
Sound Sachio Obi Sound Mixer
Sound Hideo Kobayashi Sound Recordist
Editing Yoshi Sugihara Editor
Writing Takeo Kunihiro Screenplay
Writing Kenji Misumi Screenplay
Writing Shōtarō Ikenami Story
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Camera Masao Kosugi Director of Photography

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