Snow on The Blades
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- Runtime
- 120 mins
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
Cast
- Kiichi Nakai
- Hiroshi Abe
- Kichiemon Nakamura II
- Ryoko Hirosue
- Masahiro Takashima
- Sei Matobu
- Eisaku Yoshida
- Youichiro Omi
- Yoshikuni Dôchin
- Tatsuya Fuji
- Hitoshi Nonomura
Director
- Setsurô Wakamatsu
Producers
- Shohei Kotaki
- Masamitsu Haga
- Hikaru Tani
- Yoshihiro Kato
- Yumiko Takebe
- Manabu Inoue
- Kanjirô Sakura
Screenwriter
- Hironobu Takamatsu
- Yasuo Hasegawa
- Kenzaburô Iida
