The Last Samurai (1974)
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.
Director:
Kenji Misumi
Writers:
Takeo Kunihiro, Kenji Misumi.
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Hideki Takahashi as Sugi Toranosuke |
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Ken Ogata as Nakamura Hanjiro |
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Teruhiko Saigō as Okita Soji |
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Masaomi Kondo as Iba Hachiro |
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Keiko Matsuzaka as Reiko |
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Kiwako Taichi as Ohide |
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Asao Sano as |
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Ayako Honami as |
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Toru Minegishi as |
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Takahiro Tamura as Ikemoto Mohei |
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Taketoshi Naitō as |
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Jūkei Fujioka as |
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Kenji Imai as |
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Tōru Abe as |
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Shunya Wazaki as |
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Toyoto Fukuda as |
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Hinode Nishikawa as |
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Taro Jin as |
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Chisato Aoki as |
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Reiko Kasahara as |
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Kaori Taniguchi as |
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Ryūtarō Tatsumi as |
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Jiro Sakagami as |
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Hirokazu Inoue as |
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Kimiji Harada as |
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Riki Harada as |
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Jun Kashima as |
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Kentarō Imai as |
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Ryûsuke Kita as |
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Hideaki Komori as |
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Taku Kido as |
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Hideto Nakagawa as |
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Shuichi Oki as |
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Sōnosuke Oda as |
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Kenji Sonoda as |
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Takuya Shiba as |
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Terumitsu Kawashima as |
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Seishiro Hara as |
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Yukio Horikita as |
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Seiichi Yoshida as |
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Kôei Yamamoto as |
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Kenji Kimura as |
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Akihiko Hanyû as |
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Natsuko Oka as |
| Directing | Kenji Misumi | Director |
| Lighting | Rei Miura | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Akira Masuda | Assistant Director |
| Production | Yoshiharu Mishima | Executive Producer |
| Art | Chiyoo Umeda | Art Direction |
| Production | Akira Inomata | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kyuzo Kobayashi | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Sachio Obi | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Hideo Kobayashi | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Writing | Takeo Kunihiro | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kenji Misumi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shotaro Ikenami | Story |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Masao Kosugi | Director of Photography |