The Last Samurai
7.5
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.
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Cast
44 people
Hideki Takahashi
Sugi Toranosuke
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Ken Ogata
Nakamura Hanjiro
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Teruhiko Saigō
Okita Soji
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Masamune Shogun
Masaomi Kondo
Iba Hachiro
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Keiko Matsuzaka
Reiko
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The Happiness of the Katakuris
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Kiwako Taichi
Ohide
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Asao Sano
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Toru Minegishi
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Takahiro Tamura
Ikemoto Mohei
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Empire of Passion
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Taketoshi Naitō
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Jūkei Fujioka
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Kenji Misumi Director · Takeo Kunihiro Screenplay Shotaro Ikenami Story
Worldwide gross $457M · Budget $140M · First release September 20, 1974
Box office
Budget
$140,000,000
Worldwide gross
$456,800,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
狼よ落日を斬れ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 20, 1974
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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