The Last Samurai
狼よ落日を斬れ
Release: 1974-09-20
·Runtime: 159m
·★ 7.8
Drama
Action
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Ken Ogata
as Nakamura Hanjiro
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Reiko
Kiwako Taichi
as Ohide
Jūkei Fujioka
Reiko Kasahara
Taketoshi Naitō
Masaomi Kondo
as Iba Hachiro
Jiro Sakagami
Hirokazu Inoue
Hideki Takahashi
as Sugi Toranosuke
Takahiro Tamura
as Ikemoto Mohei
Kenji Imai
Taku Kido
Sōnosuke Oda
Riki Harada
Yukio Horikita
Teruhiko Saigō
as Okita Soji
Tōru Abe
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Asao Sano
Toru Minegishi
