129 minutes
11/2/2002
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
as Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
as Choubei Kusaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
as Michinojo Iinuma
Min Tanaka
as Zenemon Yogo
Ren Osugi
as Toyotaro Koda
Hiroshi Kanbe
as Naota
Miki Ito
as Kayano Iguchi
Ito Senba
as Ito Iguchi
Keiko Kishi
as Older Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura
as Kinu Iguchi
Tetsuro Tamba
as Tozaemon Iguchi
Kanako Fukaura
as Yae Iinuma
Makoto Akatsuka
as Yazaki
Masahiro Sato
as Sekiguchi
Masayasu Kitayama
as Kawanami
Baijaku Nakamura
as Gonbei Terauchi
Yuuki Natsusaka
as Gemba Hattori
Takai Mizuno
as Tane
Toshinori Omi
as Shichijuro Ohtsuka
Kinnosuke Nakamura II
as Samurai Lord
Keishi Arashi
as Chief Retainer Hori
Rio Ishino
as Pageboy
Norio Sato
as Rickshaw Driver
Senri Sakurai
as Tozaemon's Attendant
Jun Maeda
Setsuko Tanaka
Tsukasa Sugawara
Ryota Sato
Koichi Taniguchi
Teruhiko Tanaka
Takako Miyajima
Sachiko Takada
Mayu Komori
Takahiro Kuriya
Atsushi Yoshikawa
Kenji Yoshida
Takashi Yamazaki
Shinya Amako