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==User Rating==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Profile==&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Movie:''' The Hidden Blade&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Romaji:''' Kakushi ken oni no tsume&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Japanese:''' 隠し剣 鬼の爪 &lt;br /&gt;
* '''Director:''' [[Yoji Yamada]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Writer:''' [[Yoji Yamada]], [[Yoshitaka Asama]], [[Shuuhei Fujisawa]] (novel)&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Producer:''' Hiroshi Fukazawa	&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Cinematographer''' Mutsuo Naganuma	 &lt;br /&gt;
* '''Release Date:''' October 30, 2004&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Runtime:''' 132 min.&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Award Winning films|Award Winning]] / [[:Category:Award Winning-Drama films|Award Winning-Drama]] / [[:Category:Award Winning-Period-19th Century films|Award Winning-Period-19th Century]] / [[:Category:Award Winning-Samurai films|Award Winning-Samurai]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Production Company:''' [[Shochiku]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Distributor:''' [[Shochiku]]&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Language:''' Japanese&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Country:''' Japan&lt;br /&gt;
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==Plot==&lt;br /&gt;
Munezo Katagiri ([[Masatoshi Nagase]]), an honest and low ranking samurai is trapped in a state of personal and professional imbalance. Secretly in love with his family's maid, Kie ([[Takako Tabata]]), Munezo begins an uneasy courtship with her, knowing that a relationship is impossible. Raised to respect traditions from the past and the demanding moral code of the samurai, circumstances have now forced Munezo to look to the future. Required to master western military strategies, particularly the art of artillery, Munezo is ordered to find and kill Yaichiro, a former friend, samurai, and brilliant swordsman. Munezo knows that he cannot beat Yaichiro with fire power alone, so he enlists the help of his old teacher, Kansai Toda, a master swordsman who entrusts Munezo with the secret and power of The Hidden Blade.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cast==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Masatoshi Nagase]] - Munezo Katagiri&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Takako Matsu]] - Kie&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Yukiyoshi Ozawa]]	- Yaichiro Hazama&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hidetaka Yoshioka]] - Samon Shimada&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Min Tanaka]] - Kansai Toda&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tomoko Tabata]] - Shino Katagiri&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ken Ogata]] - Chief Retainer Hori&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nenji Kobayashi]] - Ogata&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Reiko Takashima]]	- Hazama's Wife&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chieko Baisho]] - Mrs. Katagiri&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sachiko Mitsumoto]] - Mrs. Iseya&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kunie Tanaka]]		&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Makoto Akatsuka]]		&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hiroshi Kanbe]]		&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Takashi Sasano]]		&lt;br /&gt;
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==Awards==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hochi Film Awards#2004 (29th) Hochi Film Awards|2004 (29th) Hochi Film Awards]] - December, 2004&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;'''Best Actress'''&amp;quot; ([[Takako Matsu]])&lt;br /&gt;
*  [[2005 (28th) Japan Academy Prize]] - February 18, 2005&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;'''Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction'''&amp;quot; (Mitsuo Degawa, Yoshinobu Nishioka)&lt;br /&gt;
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