When the Last Sword Is Drawn
7.3
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
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Cast
22 people
Kiichi Nakai
Kanichiro Yoshimura
Known for
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Dororo
Koichi Sato
Hajime Saito
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Sukiyaki Western Django
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Yui Natsukawa
Shizu / Mitsu
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Still Walking
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Takehiro Murata
Chiaki Ono
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium
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Miki Nakatani
Nui
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Ring 2
Memories of Matsuko
Yuji Miyake
Jiroemon Ohno
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Masato Sakai
Okita Soji
Known for
Legal High
Hanzawa Naoki
Atsushi Ito
Young Chiaki Ono
Known for
Flying Colors
Fish Story
Ryo Kase
Shûhei Kondô
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Outrage
Keisuke Horibe
Yasunoshin Shinohara
Known for
Tokyo Gore Police
Fukushima 50
Eugene Nomura
Hijikata Toshizō
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Azumi 2: Death or Love
Masayoshi Haneda
Known for
Edge of Tomorrow
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Yojiro Takita Director · Takehiro Nakajima Screenplay Jiro Asada Author
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $4M · United States release January 18, 2003
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,487,338
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Shochiku
Production
TV Tokyo
Production
TV Osaka
Production
dentsu
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
Culture Publishers
Production
Iwate Broadcasting
Production
IMAGICA
Production
NIPPON EFFECT CENTER
Production
Japan Action Enterprise
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
壬生義士伝
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 4, 2002
Premiere
Japan · January 18, 2003
Theatrical
United States · January 18, 2003
Theatrical
Czechia
March 14, 2015 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
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