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A humanistic, charmingly off-kilter samurai story of sorts.
Leslie Felperin, Variety
Overview
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Director and cast
- Hirokazu Kore-eda Director
- Junichi Okada as Aoki Sōzaemon
- Rie Miyazawa as Osae
- Arata Furuta as Sadashiro
- Jun Kunimura as Isekan
- Katsuo Nakamura as Shigehachi
- Tadanobu Asano as Jubei Kanazawa
- Yoshio Harada as Junai Onodera
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Hirano Jirozaemon
- Tomoko Tabata as Onobu
- Yui Natsukawa as Oryo
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