The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
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19 people
Tatsuya Nakadai
Known for
Ran
Harakiri
Koji Yakusho
Known for
Perfect Days
The Boy and the Beast
Eitarō Ozawa
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Takeshi Katō
Known for
High and Low
The Bad Sleep Well
Mizuho Suzuki
Known for
Akira
The Return of Godzilla
Taketoshi Naitō
Known for
The Burmese Harp
The Return of Godzilla
Yōsuke Kondō
Known for
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Toru Masuoka
Known for
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Hanzawa Naoki
Goro Ohashi
Also in
Oshin
The Last U-Boat
Tetsuko Kobayashi
Known for
Samurai Rebellion
Atragon
Nobuko Sendo
Known for
Ju-On: Origins
Sanctuary
Shinji Ogawa
Known for
Aldnoah.Zero
Witchblade
Akira Inoue Director · Yasuko Miyazaki Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Author
First release December 1, 1983 · Produced in Japan · Production Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Production
Fuji Television Network
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Haiyuza Eiga Hoso Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
樅ノ木は残った
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 1, 1983
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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