In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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Cast
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Junichi Okada
Sozaemon Aoki
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
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Rie Miyazawa
Osae
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The Twilight Samurai
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Arata Furuta
Sadashiro
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Teruyuki Kagawa
Jirozaemon Hirano
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
Tomoko Tabata
Onobu
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
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Ryûhei Ueshima
Otokichi
Known for
As the Gods Will
Yuichi Kimura
Magosaburo
Known for
Nobody Knows
Kamikaze Girls
Ryo Kase
Sodekichi
Known for
Letters from Iwo Jima
Outrage
Seiji Chihara
Tomekichi
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Sei Hiraizumi
Zenzo
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Weathering with You
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Moeko Ezawa
Omasaru
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Getting Any?
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Yui Natsukawa
Oryo
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Zatoichi
Hirokazu Kore-eda Director · Tablatura Composer Yutaka Yamazaki Cinematographer
United States release May 5, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Tokyo FM, Bandai Visual
Production
Shochiku
Production
Tokyo FM
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
TV Man Union
Production
Shochiku Studio
Production
Japan
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Original title
花よりもなほ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 3, 2006
Theatrical
United States · May 5, 2007
Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 2006 · Premiere
Hong Kong SAR China
October 8, 2006 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
October 12, 2006 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 19, 2007 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 12, 2018 · Theatrical
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