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When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003 · 137 min

A quietly devastating historical drama that lingers on sacrifice and loyalty, moving between sword fights and tender family ache.

Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Starring
Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa
Overview
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

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Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Starring
Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
action, drama, history
Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Written by
Takehiro Nakajima
Starring
Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani, Yuji Miyake, Masato Sakai, Atsushi Ito
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography
Takeshi Hamada
Runtime
137 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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