Hakkenden
八犬伝
Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?
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Keisuke Watanabe
as Shino Inuzuka
Shuhei Uesugi
as Dousetsu Inuyama
Ukon Onoe
as Onoe Kikugoro III
Koji Yakusho
as Bakin Takizawa
Seiyo Uchino
as Hokusai Katsushika
Jin Suzuki
as Sousuke Inukawa
Koudai Matsuoka
as Daikaku Inumura
Rihito Itagaki
as Keno Inusaka
So Kaku
as Kobungo Inuta
Hayato Isomura
as Souhaku
Shinobu Terajima
as Ohaku
Yuumi Kawai
as Hamaji
Danshun Tatekawa
as Nanboku Tsuruya
Tao Tsuchiya
as Fusehime
Koshi Mizukami
as Genpachi Inukai
Maito Fujioka
as Shinbe Inue
Chiaki Kuriyama
as Tamazusa
Haru Kuroki
as Oji
Shido Nakamura
as Ichikawa Danjuro VII
