(蝉しぐれ)

Content: A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child. Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Drama,

Romance,

History

Runtime:

131 minutes

Year:

2005

Directors:

Mitsuo Kurotsuchi

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Production companies:

TOHO,

dentsu,

Sedic International,

Geneon Entertainment,

TV Asahi,

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation,

Nagoya Broadcasting Network,

The Asahi Shimbun,

Tokyo ASA Company

Actors:

Bunshiro Maki

Fuku

Yonosuke Shimazaki

Ippei Kowada

Tose

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Novel

Screenplay

Editor