127 minutes
6/3/2006
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Junichi Okada
as Aoki Sozaemon
Rie Miyazawa
as Osae
Arata Furuta
as Sadashiro
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Hirano Jirozaemon
Tomoko Tabata
as Onobu
Ryûhei Ueshima
as Otokichi
Yuichi Kimura
as Magosaburo
Ryo Kase
as Sodekichi
Seiji Chihara
as Tomekichi
Sei Hiraizumi
as Zenzo
Moeko Ezawa
as Okatsu
Yui Natsukawa
as Oryo
Jun Kunimura
as Isekan
Katsuo Nakamura
as Shigehachi
Renji Ishibashi
as Shozaburo Aoki
Susumu Terajima
as Kichiemon Terasaka
Ken'ichi Endô
as Juhachiro Suzuta
Shohei Tanaka
as Shinnosuke
Yuji Nakamura
Ryo Katsuji
as Soemon Aoki
Natsuo Ishido
as Okinu
Masa Tommies
as Yoriki
Eiji Minakata
as Shojiro Aoki
Tadanobu Asano
as Jubei Kanazawa
Yoshio Harada
as Junai Onodera
Ohga Tanaka
as Yoshibo
Hiei Kimura
as Kenbo
Midori Hiro
as Ume
Natsumi Iuchi
as Yuki
Shu Toro
as Substitute Bookkeeper
Tetsushi Tanaka
as Kanpei Yokogawa