Uzumasa Limelight

Jun 14, 2014

1h 44m

★ 6.9

Overview

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Toei Studios Kyoto

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Cast

Seiichi

Seizō Fukumoto

Satsuki iga

Chihiro Yamamoto

Kenichi Naganuma

Hirotaro Honda

Akihiko Kawashima

Masashi Goda

Rantaro Mine

Asahi Kurizuka

Michihiro Kinoshita

Yoshiyuki Shibata

Kazuaki Tai

Boiru Nakajima

Anna Kawashima

Shogen

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