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.
Unfortunately the movie The Last Samurai is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Kenji Misumi | Director |
Directing | Akira Masuda | Assistant Director |
Art | Chiyoo Umeda | Art Direction |
Sound | Sachio Obi | Sound Mixer |
Production | Yoshiharu Mishima | Executive Producer |
Production | Kyuzo Kobayashi | Associate Producer |
Sound | Hideo Kobayashi | Sound Recordist |
Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
Production | Akira Inomata | Associate Producer |
Lighting | Rei Miura | Lighting Technician |
Writing | Kenji Misumi | Screenplay |
Writing | Takeo Kunihiro | Screenplay |
Writing | Shōtarō Ikenami | Story |
Camera | Masao Kosugi | Director of Photography |
Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |