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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 1999-12-18
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: Oshima Productions, Shochiku, KADOKAWA Shoten, IMAGICA, BS Asahi, Eisei Gekijo, Bac Films, Le Studio Canal+, Recorded Picture Company,


Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

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Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Character: Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Character: Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Character: Hyozo Tashiro

Yoichi Sai
Character: Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
Character: Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
Character: Spy

Tomorowo Taguchi
Character: Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
Character: Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
Character: Narrator (voice)









Production and Crew

Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Tomoko Kurata
Assistant Production Design

Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer

Eri Yamamoto
Assistant Production Design
Keiko Kawamoto
Sound Effects Editor

Kunio Yamasaki
Makeup Artist
Mitsuyo Takasaki
Makeup Artist
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor

Shōichi Yasuda
Set Decoration

Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design

Emi Wada
Costume Design
Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay
Masayuki Motomochi
Line Producer

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Satoru Iseki
Associate Producer
Ichiro Yamamoto
Line Producer

Hikozo Akamatsu
Title Designer
Chie Aoki
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