When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Jan 18, 2003

2h 17m

★ 7.5

Overview

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

Genres

Action

Drama

History

Production Companies

Shochiku

TV Tokyo

TV Osaka

dentsu

Eisei Gekijo

Culture Publishers

Iwate Broadcasting

IMAGICA

NIPPON EFFECT CENTER

Japan Action Enterprise

When the Last Sword Is Drawn Trailers

Cast

Kanichiro Yoshimura

Kiichi Nakai

Hajime Saito

Koichi Sato

Shizu / Mitsu

Yui Natsukawa

Chiaki Ono

Takehiro Murata

Nui

Miki Nakatani

Jiroemon Ohno

Yuji Miyake

Okita Soji

Masato Sakai

Young Chiaki Ono

Atsushi Ito

Shûhei Kondô

Ryo Kase

Yasunoshin Shinohara

Keisuke Horibe

Hijikata Toshizō

Eugene Nomura

Masayoshi Haneda

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