When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Original title: 壬生義士伝
When the Last Sword Is Drawn is a 2003 Japanese-language action movie directed by Yojiro Takita, with a running time of 2h 17m. It stars Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato and Yui Natsukawa.
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
Cast
- Kiichi Nakai as Kanichiro Yoshimura
- Koichi Sato as Hajime Saito
- Yui Natsukawa as Shizu / Mitsu
- Takehiro Murata as Chiaki Ono
- Miki Nakatani as Nui
- Yuji Miyake as Jiroemon Ohno
- Masato Sakai as Okita Soji
- Atsushi Ito as Young Chiaki Ono
- Ryo Kase as Shûhei Kondô
- Keisuke Horibe as Yasunoshin Shinohara
- Eugene Nomura as Hijikata Toshizō
- Masayoshi Haneda
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