Hakkenden (2024)

  • NR
  • 12/27/2024 (CN)
  • Drama, Fantasy, War
  • 2h 29m

Overview

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of ​​"rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?

Fumihiko Sori

Director, Screenplay

Fûtarô Yamada

Novel

Cast

Koji Yakusho's headshot

Koji Yakusho

Bakin Takizawa
Seiyo Uchino's headshot

Seiyo Uchino

Hokusai Katsushika
Tao Tsuchiya's headshot

Tao Tsuchiya

Fusehime
Keisuke Watanabe's headshot

Keisuke Watanabe

Shino Inuzuka
Jin Suzuki's headshot

Jin Suzuki

Sousuke Inukawa
Rihito Itagaki's headshot

Rihito Itagaki

Keno Inusaka
Koshi Mizukami's headshot

Koshi Mizukami

Genpachi Inukai
Koudai Matsuoka's headshot

Koudai Matsuoka

Daikaku Inumura

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