Elegant, true-to-life samurai drama. Kakushi Ken-Oni no Tsume (The Hidden Blade) by Japanese director Yoji Yamada tells the story of a samurai who, in the mid-19th century, at a time of social upheaval, seeks his place in the world. This quest tu...
Hidden Blade (2004)
Yoji Yamada
Masatoshi Nagase, Hideko Yoshida, Takako Matsu
Action & Adventure, Martial Arts, Foreign, Japanese
Set in feudal Japan, Seibei is a low ranking Samurai and a widower, with two young daughters and an aging mother to support. One day, he encounters Tomoe, a childhood friend and beautiful divorcee and the two quickly strike up a friendship. Fearing he is ...
The Twilight Samurai (2003)
Yoji Yamada
Rie Miyazawa,Ren Osugi,Nenji Kobayashi,Hiroyuki Sanada
Drama,General Action,General Drama,Foreign,Japanese,Martial Arts,Action & Adventure
