When the Last Sword is Drawn (Mibu gishi den) (2003)
Genre Drama
Movie Release Date 2003
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Running Time 143 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.6
Cast
Kiichi Nakai Kanichiro Yoshimura
Koichi Sato Hajime Saito
Yui Natsukawa Shizu / Mitsu
Takehiro Murata Chiaki Ono
Miki Nakatani Nui
Yuji Miyake Jiroemon Ohno
Yoshinori Hiruma Shinpachi Nagakura
Keisuke Horibe Yasunoshin Shinohara
Atsushi Ito Young Chiaki Ono
Hideaki Ito Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Crew
Director Yôjirô Takita
Writer Jiro Asada
Writer Takehiro Nakajima
Producer Nozomu Enoki
Producer Hideji Miyajima
Plot
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. In his search he joins a notorious clan, known as the Shinsengumi where he does as much as possible to get money. Looked at as a money grubber,Yoshimura proves his strength physically and mentally by being loyal to his honor. During the dramatic period, with the rise of the Emperor and the fall of the Shogun. Yoshimura shows us the struggle of life in a personal way, by changing the lives of the people he meets and the way life is looked at.
Special Features
Cast & Crew Bios
Theatrical Trailer(s)
Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Edition Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Release Country Denmark
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1
Subtitles Danish; Finnish; Norwegian; Swedish
Audio Tracks JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 5.1
JAPANESE: DTS 5.1
Layers Single Side, Single Layer