At River's Edge

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Movie: At River's Edge
Romaji: Ogawa no hotori
Japanese: 小川の辺
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
Writer: Shuhei Fujisawa (novel), Yasuo Hasegawa, Kenzaburo Iida
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: July 2, 2011
Runtime: 104 min.
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A samurai Sakunosuke (Noriyuki Higashiyama) gets an order from clan chamberlain (Takashi Sasano) to kill another samurai, Sakuma Morie (Ainosuke Kataoka) own younger sister's (Rinko Kikuchi) husband . If the younger sister, Tazo, pulls a sword on her older brother to protect her husband ...

Notes

Movie is based on a short story by Shuhei Fujisawa - writer for such novels turned into films like The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor.
Filming began September 19 in Chiba, Japan.
Actress Rinko Kikuchi began preparation for the film since July, 2010.