Hakkenden
5.7
Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?
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Cast
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Koji Yakusho
Bakin Takizawa
Known for
Perfect Days
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Seiyo Uchino
Hokusai Katsushika
Known for
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Tao Tsuchiya
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Alice in Borderland
ERASED
Keisuke Watanabe
Shino Inuzuka
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An Incurable Case of Love
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Jin Suzuki
Sousuke Inukawa
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Rihito Itagaki
Keno Inusaka
Known for
Kamen Rider
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Koshi Mizukami
Genpachi Inukai
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Koudai Matsuoka
Daikaku Inumura
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Kobungo Inuta
Known for
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Shigemitsu Ogi
里見義実
Known for
Alice in Borderland
THE DAYS
Maito Fujioka
Shinbe Inue
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Shuhei Uesugi
Dousetsu Inuyama
Known for
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Fumihiko Sori Director · Futaro Yamada Author Reiji Kitasato Composer
Worldwide gross $3.7M · First release October 1, 2024 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,652,816
Production
Kinoshita Group
Production
Kino Films
Production · Distribution
unfilm
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
八犬伝
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 1, 2024
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
March 23, 2025 · Premiere · Japan-Square Film Festival
China
December 27, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai Japanese Film Festival
South Korea
October 24, 2025 · Digital
Taiwan
January 10, 2025 · Theatrical
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