Nomitori Samurai
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Hironoshin is a samurai of the Echigo-Nagaoka clan. One day, Hironoshin attends a party at a mansion in Edo where his lord, Tadakiyo is invited to recite poems. Hironoshin is asked to give his opinion and foolishly comments that the piece was plagiarized. Infuriated, Tadakiyo orders Hironoshin to live his life without honor as a ‘cat flea picker', which is in fact a pseudonym for a male prostitute. The honest and straight-shooting Hironoshin convinces himself that he has no other options, and resigns himself to live as a sex worker. Hironoshin becomes an apprentice to a flea-picker boss who encourages him, convinced that Hironoshin is exacting revenge in the guise of a prostitute.
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Cast
8 people
Hiroshi Abe
Hironoshin Kobayashi
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
Still Walking
Shinobu Terajima
Omine
Known for
Earwig and the Witch
Oh Lucy!
Etsushi Toyokawa
Seibee
Known for
Love Letter
Midway
Takumi Saitoh
Tomonosuke Saeki
Known for
Shin Ultraman
The Hours of My Life
Morio Kazama
Jinbee
Known for
The Wind Rises
Samurai Fiction
Atsuko Maeda
Ochie
Known for
The Complex
To the Ends of the Earth
Shinobu Otake
Orin
Known for
Arrietty
The Wind Rises
Rin Asuka
Known for
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Kamen Rider
Yasuo Tsuruhashi Director · Shigeo Komatsu Story Tomoo Ezaki Cinematographer
First release May 18, 2018 · Produced in Japan · Production Hikari TV, Kobunsha
Production
GYAO
Production
Hikari TV
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Kobunsha
Production
Robot Communications
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Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Production
Mainichi Shimbun
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
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Jidaigeki Senmon Channel
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Tokyu Agency
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WOWOW
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dentsu
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Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
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Kansai Television
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TV Osaka
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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
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MBS
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TOHO
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Toho Pictures
Production
Japan
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Original title
のみとり侍
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 18, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
November 14, 2018 · Digital
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