The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai — Plot

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

• Release date
• September 20, 1974
• Runtime
• 159 min
• Genres
• Drama, Action
• Director
• Kenji Misumi

The Last Samurai — Cast

Hideki Takahashi Sugi Toranosuke Ken Ogata Nakamura Hanjiro Teruhiko Saigō Okita Soji Masaomi Kondo Iba Hachiro Keiko Matsuzaka Reiko Kiwako Taichi Ohide Asao Sano

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Ayako Honami