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When the Last Sword Is Drawn
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Title: When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Release Date: 18 Jan 2003

Runtime: 2h 17m

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Director: Shochiku, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, Culture Publishers, Iwate Broadcasting

Production Companies: Shochiku, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, dentsu, Eisei Gekijo, Culture Publishers, Iwate Broadcasting

Overview: Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

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Average Vote: 7.5 (102 votes)

Cast

  • Kanichiro Yoshimura: Kiichi Nakai
  • Hajime Saito: Koichi Sato
  • Shizu / Mitsu: Yui Natsukawa
  • Chiaki Ono: Takehiro Murata
  • Nui: Miki Nakatani
  • Jiroemon Ohno: Yuji Miyake
  • Okita Soji: Masato Sakai
  • Young Chiaki Ono: Atsushi Ito
  • Shûhei Kondô: Ryo Kase
  • Yasunoshin Shinohara: Keisuke Horibe
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