Tajomaru

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Movie: Tajomaru
Romaji: Tajomaru
Japanese: タジョウマル
Director: Hiroyuki Nakano
Writer: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (short story "Yabu no Naka"), Mataichiro Yamamoto
Producer: Mataichiro Yamamoto, Hidemi Satani
Cinematographer: Takumi Furuya
Assistant Director: Hiroshi Soejima
Release Date: September 12, 2009
Runtime: 131 min.
Genre: Period
Distributor: Warner Bros. Japan
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set sometime in the late Muromachi period, Naomitsu Hatakeyama (Shun Oguri) is the second son of the distinguished Hatakeyama family. His lifelong friend and and love interest is Ako-hime (Yuki Shibamoto). When Ako-hime's father dies, Yoshimasa Ashikaga (Kenichi Hagiwara) elicits a decree that will forever change their fates.

Soon afterwards, Naomitsu is betrayed by his very own brother Nobutsuna Hatakeyama (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), who plans to forcibly take Aho-hime for himself. Naomitsu loves Ako-hime so much that he is ready to give up his life and flee into the mountains with Ako-hime. While travelling through the mountains, Naoitsu soon faces another betrayal, this time from retainer Sakuramaru (Kei Tanaka), a man Naomitsu once saved from death and took care of like a brother.

Naomitsu Hatakeyama then comes back as Tajomaru ....

Cast



Shun Oguri	Yuki Shibamoto	Kei Tanaka	Kyosuke Yabe
Naomitsu Hatakeyama / Tajomaru	Princess Ako	Sakuramaru	Michikane



Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	Hirotaro Honda	Hiroki Matsukata	Kenichi Hagiwara
Nobutsuna Hatakeyama	Hidetaka Kuriyama	Kagetoki	Yoshimasa Ashikaga

Additional Cast Members:

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Go Ayano
Takamasa Suga
Masaomi Kondo
Miho Fujima
Eugene Nomura
Toshi Takeuchi
Mio Miyatake
Takaki Uda
Ryuhei Higashiyama
Masato Shinkawa
Takumi Kitamura - Naomitsu Hatakeyama (child)
Ryoji Nakamura - Sakuramaru's vassal

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2010 (43rd) Sitges Film Festival - October 7-14 - Official Fantàstic Panorama in compettition

Comments

Quan Dec 24 2013 4:11 pm It's a fairy tale -- sort of, where the protagonists and antagonists keep switching. Beautiful scenic shots. Lovely lovely costumes. There's tragedy all throughout but I like the ending, because it makes sense and it sets Naomitsu free from a horrible life under the shogun. I'm currently infatuated with Shun Oguri so any film that has him I'd definitely "like". :-)

Gary glanesb Nov 30 2011 12:17 am Amazing!!!Still love the Crows Zero movies better though.

OnnaOtaku Mar 29 2010 8:40 pm This was an AMAZING movie! Has to be the best Oguri movie so far.

Takeru-kun Mar 17 2010 3:48 am hmm... looks intresting but is it good?

TraceD Jun 30 2009 9:40 pm man this looks good. if it comes out in sept means i have towait til next year to see it. crap!

Merribeth Jun 15 2009 9:54 pm OMGoodness!! Oguri!! <3 (^_^) I can't wait! :D I want to watch this so bad! ^^

grace Mar 25 2009 8:02 pm I can't wait for Shun's new project for this year 2009.

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