Snow on The Blades

Snow on The Blades

120 mins | Drama, Action, History | Sept. 20, 2014

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?

Snow on The Blades

120 mins | Drama, Action, History | Sept. 20, 2014

Snow on The Blades
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?
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 柘榴坂の仇討
Directors Setsurô Wakamatsu
Writers Hironobu Takamatsu, Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa, Jiro Asada

Cast

Kiichi Nakai

as Kingo Shimura

Hiroshi Abe

as Jyubei Sahashi

Kichiemon Nakamura II

as Naosuke Ii

Ryoko Hirosue

as Setsu Shimura

Masahiro Takashima

as Shinnosuke Naito

Sei Matobu

as Masa

Eisaku Yoshida

as Toyoho Takarabe

Youichiro Omi

as Kakuma Shimura

Yoshikuni Dôchin

as Shuemon Inaba

Tatsuya Fuji

as Kazue Akimoto