A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Direction
Miike's most restrained film — every frame a calculated wound.
Cinematography
3D used for intimate depth, not spectacle; faces become landscapes.
Acting
Ebizo's Hanshirô — dignity carved from desperation.
Director
Takashi Miike
Koji Yakusho
Kageyu
Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Hanshirô Tsugumo
Eita Nagayama
Motome
Hikari Mitsushima
Miho
Naoto Takenaka
Tajiri
Kazuki Namioka
Umanosuke Kawabe
Hirofumi Arai
Hayatonosho Matsuzaki
Munetaka Aoki
Hikokuro Omodaka
Takashi Sasano
Sousuke priest
Ayumu Saito
Fujita
Takehiro Hira
Naotaka Ii
Baijaku Nakamura
Jinnai Chijiiwa
Yoshihisa Amano
Sasaki
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