When the Last Sword Is Drawn (壬生義士伝) DVD 2002 Az utolsó kardvágás / Directed by Yōjirō Takita / Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Kōichi Satō, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata

UPC 5999882843582

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: Japanese 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian

Runtime: 132 minutes

English Summary:

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (壬生義士伝, Mibu Gishi Den, Legend of the Loyal Retainers of Mibu) is a 2002 Japanese movie directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. When the Last Sword Is Drawn won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor (Kiichi Nakai) and Best Supporting Actor (Kōichi Satō). It received a further eight nominations.

The film tells the story of two Shinsengumi samurai. Saitō Hajime (played by Kōichi Satō) is a heartless killer. Yoshimura Kanichiro (played by Kiichi Nakai) appears to be a money-grabbing and emotional swordsman from the northern area known as Nambu Morioka.

The main storyline is set during the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, but it is told in a series of flashbacks as Saitō and another man reminisce. The themes include conflicting loyalty to the clan, lord, and family.

More than just swordplay, it is the story of a man willing to do anything for the good of his family, even if it means never being able to see them.

Hungarian Summary:

A Tokugawa korszak a végéhez közeledik, a sógunátus bukása már csak idő kérdése. A szamurájok kora is leáldozóban van. Kanichiro is egyre nehezebben talál munkát, pedig családjáról is gondoskodnia kellene. Utolsó lehetőségként csatlakozik a Shinsengumi klánhoz, akik még hűek a sógunhoz. Kanichiro pénzéhsége ellenére rövidesen megbecsült tagja lesz a klánnak, de a történelem kerekét ő sem tudja visszafordítani, így amikor a császár sereget indít a Tokugawák ellen, neki is fel kell készülnie a végső összecsapásra...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Kiichi Nakai — Yoshimura Kanichiro
• Kōichi Satō — Saitō Hajime
• Yui Natsukawa — Shizu/Mitsu
• Takehiro Murata — Ono Chiaki
• Miki Nakatani — Nui
• Yuji Miyake — Ohno Jiroemon
• Eugene Nomura — Hijikata Toshizo
• Masato Sakai — Okita Soji
• Atsushi Itō — Young Chiaki Ono
• Kanji Tsuda — Ōkubo Toshimichi
• Hideaki Itō — Tokugawa Yoshinobu