When the Last Sword Is Drawn

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Movie: When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Romaji: Mibu gishi den
Japanese: 壬生義士伝
Director: Yojiro Takita
Writer: Jiro Asada (novel), Takehiro Nakajima
Producer: Nozomu Enoki, Hideji Miyajima
Cinematographer: Takeshi Hamada
Release Date: January 18, 2003
Runtime: 143 min.
Production Company: Shochiku, TV Tokyo
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

At the close of the Edo period in Kyoto, among newly recruited members of the Shinsengumi, there is one man who shows outstanding skill as a swordsman. His name is Kanichiro Yoshimura. At that time in the imperial capital, the Shinsengumi, widely known as a group of patriotic samurai whose duty was to guard and defend Kyoto, is making a name for itself as a group of brave swordsmen, but their organization is crumbling from the inside. Hajime Saito, one of the leading figures of the group watches this situation with a cynical eye.

Cast

Kiichi Nakai - Kanichiro Yoshimura
Koichi Sato - Hajime Saito
Yui Natsukawa - Shizu/Mitsu
Takehiro Murata - Chiaki Ono
Miki Nakatani - Nui
Yuji Miyake - Jiroemon Ohno
Yoshinori Hiruma - Shinpachi Nagakura
Keisuke Horibe - Yasunoshin Shinohara
Atsushi Ito - Young Chiaki Ono
Hideaki Ito - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Ryo Kase - Shuhei Kondo
Momo Nakayama - Young Mitsu Yoshimura
Eugene Nomura - Toshizo Hijikata
Ayumu Saito - Ito
Masato Sakai - Soji Okita
Sansei Shiomi - Isamu Kondo
Sora Toma - Kaichiro Yoshimura
Koji Tsukamoto - Sonoyama
Dai Watanabe
Tatsuo Yamada - Sasuke
Takashi Taniguchi
Yoshinori Hiruma - Shinpachi Nagakura

Awards

2004 (27th) Japan Academy Prize - February 20, 2004
- "Picture of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Kiichi Nakai)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" (Koichi Sato)