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- Movie: Scabbard Samurai
- Romaji: Saya Zamurai
- Japanese: さや侍
- Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Writer: Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Producer: Keisuke Konishi, Go Matsuoka, Ryohei Naka, Akihiko Okamoto
- Cinematographer: Ryuto Kondo
- Release Date: June 11, 2011
- Runtime: 103 min.
- Genre: Period Drama
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Nomi Kanjuro (Takaaki Nomi) is a master less samurai on the run after throwing away his sword for good. He has with him his headstrong 9-year-old daughter Tae (Sea Kumada). A bounty is soon placed on Nomi Kanjuro and 3 assassins go after the score.
When Nomi Kanjuro is eventually captured and placed in front of the local feudal lord (Jun Kunimura) he is given a choice. A boy prince has been grieving ever since the death of his mother. Nobody has been able to make the boy smile. Nomi can attempt to make the boy smile within 30 days or he must commit seppuku (suicide).
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- 2011 (64th) Locarno International Film Festival - August 3rd-13th, 2011 - Piazza Grande *International Premiere
- 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival - October 6-14, 2011 - A Window on Asian Cinema
- 2011 (44th) Sitges Film Festival - October 6-16, 2011 - Official Fantastic in Compettition
- 2011 (26th) Mar del Plata Film Festival - November 5-13, 2011 - Panorama - Auteurs
- 2012 (14th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 7 - 11, 2012 - The Features Competition
- 2012 (36th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 21-April 5, 20112 - I See It My Way
- 2012 (28th) Imagine: Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival - April 17-18, 2012
- 2012 (12th) Nippon Connection - May 2-May 6, 2012 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
- 2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012 - Spectrum
- 2012 (11th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 29-July 15, 2012 *North American Premiere
- 2012 (6th) JAPAN CUTS - July 12-28, 2012
- 2012 (11th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 12-19, 2012 *Southwest Premiere
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