Snow on The Blades (2014)

  • NR
  • 09/20/2014 (JP)
  • History, Action, Drama
  • 2h

The last of the bodyguards hunts for the final assassin.

Overview

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?

Hironobu Takamatsu

Screenplay

Setsurô Wakamatsu

Director

Yasuo Hasegawa

Screenplay

Kenzaburô Iida

Screenplay

Cast

Kiichi Nakai's headshot

Kiichi Nakai

Kingo Shimura
Hiroshi Abe's headshot

Hiroshi Abe

Jyubei Sahashi
Kichiemon Nakamura II's headshot

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Naosuke Ii
Ryoko Hirosue's headshot

Ryoko Hirosue

Setsu Shimura
Masahiro Takashima's headshot

Masahiro Takashima

Shinnosuke Naito
Sei Matobu's headshot

Sei Matobu

Masa
Eisaku Yoshida's headshot

Eisaku Yoshida

Toyoho Takarabe
Youichiro Omi's headshot

Youichiro Omi

Kakuma Shimura

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