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Snow on The Blades
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Snow on The Blades

2014-09-20 · 120 min · ★ 6.7

History · Action · Drama

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?

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Directors
Setsuro Wakamatsu
Production companies
Shochiku
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kiichi NakaiKiichi NakaiKingo Shimura
Hiroshi AbeHiroshi AbeJyubei Sahashi
Kichiemon Nakamura IIKichiemon Nakamura IINaosuke Ii
Ryoko HirosueRyoko HirosueSetsu Shimura
Masahiro TakashimaMasahiro TakashimaShinnosuke Naito
Sei MatobuSei MatobuMasa
Eisaku YoshidaEisaku YoshidaToyoho Takarabe
Youichiro OmiKakuma Shimura
Yoshikuni DôchinShuemon Inaba
Tatsuya FujiTatsuya FujiKazue Akimoto
Hitoshi NonomuraHitoshi Nonomura

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