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The Seven Sword Fights of Mondonosuke

2008 · 1 season

A moody, deliberate samurai drama where each duel carries weight and old loyalties cut deep.

Overview
During the reign of the 8th Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, Mondonosuke, a young retired Jikisan-Hatamoto learns from Yoshimune who saved him from a crisis on his samurai training trip about the assassination of Iwashiro Yasutaka, the lord of the Kameda domain. Mondonosuke realizes that Omine-no-Zenki who was his apprentice brother is responsible for the assassination. Zenki was supposed to have been put to death five years ago. In order to defeat Zenki who is now on the loose... Mondonosuke must battle through a series of fights.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • loyalty
  • justice
  • violence
Places
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Created by
Hajime Hashimoto, Haruo Ichikura, Hiroshi Morimoto
Starring
Ken Matsudaira, Kunihiko Mitamura, Aiko Sato, Masaki Kaji, Rino Katase
Music
Michiru Oshima
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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