Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
$5,000,000
$7,372,769
November 2, 2002
Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation
40 people
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Acting
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Acting
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Acting
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Acting
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Acting
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Acting
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Acting
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Acting
Ito Senba
Ito Iguchi
Acting
Keiko Kishi
Older Ito Iguchi
Acting
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Kinu Iguchi
Acting
Tetsuro Tamba
Tozaemon Iguchi
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