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The Last Samurai

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Calorie Rating: 223
Released: 1974-09-20
Running Time: 159 Minutes
Studios: Shochiku,


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.

Director / Directors

Akira Masuda
Assistant Director


Cast

Hideki Takahashi
Character: Sugi Toranosuke
Ken Ogata
Character: Nakamura Hanjiro
Teruhiko Saigō
Character: Okita Soji

Masaomi Kondo
Character: Iba Hachiro
Keiko Matsuzaka
Character: Reiko
Kiwako Taichi
Character: Ohide


Takahiro Tamura
Character: Ikemoto Mohei













Production and Crew

Yoshiharu Mishima
Executive Producer
Akira Inomata
Associate Producer
Kyuzo Kobayashi
Associate Producer

Chiyoo Umeda
Art Direction
Hideo Kobayashi
Sound Recordist
Sachio Obi
Sound Mixer

Rei Miura
Lighting Technician

Takeo Kunihiro
Screenplay
Kenji Misumi
Screenplay
Masao Kosugi
Director of Photography

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer