The Last Samurai
Overview
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.
Release date
20/09/1974
Votes
20
Popularity
1.4
Hideki Takahashi
Sugi Toranosuke
Ken Ogata
Nakamura Hanjiro
Teruhiko Saigō
Okita Soji
Masaomi Kondo
Iba Hachiro
Keiko Matsuzaka
Reiko
Kiwako Taichi
Ohide
Asao Sano
Ayako Honami
Toru Minegishi
Takahiro Tamura
Ikemoto Mohei
Taketoshi Naitō
Jūkei Fujioka
Kenji Imai
Tōru Abe
Shunya Wazaki
Toyoto Fukuda
Hinode Nishikawa
Taro Jin
Chisato Aoki
Reiko Kasahara
Kaori Taniguchi
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Jiro Sakagami
Hirokazu Inoue
Kimiji Harada
Riki Harada
Jun Kashima
Kentarō Imai
Ryûsuke Kita
Hideaki Komori
Taku Kido
Hideto Nakagawa
Shuichi Oki
Sōnosuke Oda
Kenji Sonoda
Takuya Shiba
Terumitsu Kawashima
Seishiro Hara
Yukio Horikita
Seiichi Yoshida
Kôei Yamamoto
Kenji Kimura
Akihiko Hanyû
Natsuko Oka
Original Soundtrack
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