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.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano, Yoichi Sai, Shinji Takeda, Susumu Terajima
Crew: Ryōtarō Shiba (Novel), Nagisa Ōshima (Director), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Music), Toyomichi Kurita (Director of Photography), Nagisa Ōshima (Writer), Tomoko Kurata (Assistant Production Design)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Oshima Productions
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 18, 1999
IMDb: 4.5
