The Last Revenge

This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.

• Release date
• February 26, 2011
• Runtime
• 120 min
• Director
• Takashi Minamoto

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara Rokuro Usui Nao Matsushita Naka Yukiyoshi Ozawa Naohisa Ichise Hidetaka Yoshioka Masatsugu Nakae Kinya Kitaoji Tesshu Yamaoka Naho Toda Kazuyuki Aijima Hiromasa Taguchi