Japan / Oct 30, 2004
2h 12min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sachiko Mitsumoto | Mrs. Iseya |
| Reiko Takashima | Hazama's Wife |
| Nana Saito | Bun |
| Nenji Kobayashi | Kôda |
| Ken Ogata | Chief Retainer Hori |
| Min Tanaka | Kansai Toda |
| Toshiki Ayata | |
| Hiroshi Kanbe | |
| Satoko Yamamura | |
| Kazuhiko Kasai | |
| Ryota Sato | |
| Yoshiko Shinohara | |
| Koichi Kira | |
| Toru Iwasu | |
| Yuuki Natsusaka | |
| Ryuji Komine | |
| Tsukasa Sugawara |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 隠し剣 鬼の爪 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Eisei Gekijo, Shochiku, MAKE-UP DIMENSIONS, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippan Group Holdings, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Release date | 30 ottobre 2004 |
| Executive producer | Junichi Sakomoto |
| Production | Hiroshi Fukazawa, Ichiro Yamamoto |
| Writer | Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada, Shuhei Fujisawa |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii |
| Cinematography | Mutsuo Naganuma, Tadashi Kaneda |
| Assistant directors | Kinichi Hanawa, Mikito Tanaka, Ayato Kurokawa, Emiko Hiramatsu, Yasutaka Maehara, Tadafumi Ito, Masaki Arai, Yoji Yamada |
| Lighting | Gengon Nakaoka |
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| Camera operators | Mutsuo Naganuma, Tadashi Kaneda |
| Additional photography | Mutsuo Naganuma, Tadashi Kaneda |
| Production design | Mitsuo Degawa, Yoshinobu Nishioka, Yukitomo Tochino |
| Art direction | Yoshinobu Nishioka, Yukitomo Tochino, Mitsuo Degawa |
| Set decoration | Yoshinobu Nishioka, Yukitomo Tochino, Mitsuo Degawa |
| Special effects | Etsuko Egawa |
| Music | Isao Tomita, Naoko Asari, Shigeyuki Onodera, Yukio Hokari, Kazumi Kishida |
| Sound | Isao Tomita, Naoko Asari, Shigeyuki Onodera, Yukio Hokari, Kazumi Kishida |
| Costume design | Kazuko Kurosawa, Kazuo Matsuda, 関口綾子, ワタナベツバサ |
| Makeup | Kazuko Kurosawa, Kazuo Matsuda, 関口綾子, ワタナベツバサ |
| Hairstyling | Kazuko Kurosawa, Kazuo Matsuda, 関口綾子, ワタナベツバサ |
| Collection | Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) Collection |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Germany / Feb 15, 2005 / 16
United States / Oct 16, 2005 / R
France / Nov 09, 2005 / U
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Czechia / Nov 15, 2009 / ČT2
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