In order to save his fief, expert swordsman KANEMI Sanzaemon publicly assassinates his lord's favorite concubine. Instead of being beheaded, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for one year, then ordered to serve as the lord's bodyguard. This thrilling tale of honor, intrigue and deception inevitably ends in bloodshed and betrayal.

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Sword of Desperation (2010)

Hisshiken Torisashi
Unrated

Action · 1h 54m · 2/14/2012

    
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In order to save his fief, expert swordsman KANEMI Sanzaemon publicly assassinates his lord's favorite concubine. Instead of being beheaded, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for one year, then ordered to serve as the lord's bodyguard. This thrilling tale of honor, intrigue and deception inevitably ends in bloodshed and betrayal.

Release Country

United States

Barcode

737187014994

Release Date

2/14/2012

Media Type

Movie

Audio

  Japanese     
  Japanese     

Studio

AnimEigo

Subtitles

English

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.85:1

Discs

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Cast
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Etsushi Toyokawa

Kanemi Sanzaemon
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Chizuru Ikewaki

Rio
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Kôji Kikkawa

Obiya
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Tsumami Edamame

Fukui
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Mitsutoshi Gotô

Mitsuoka
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Yudai Ishiyama

Mokichi
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Ken Maeda

Kisuke
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Seminosuke Murasugi

Yamauchi
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Kazuya Takahashi

Denichiro
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Ken'ichi Yajima

Magochiyo yabe
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Kinuo Yamada

Tae
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Masayuki Yui

Ohba
Crew
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Hideyuki Hirayama

Director
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Shûhei Fujisawa

Writer
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Hidehiro Ito

Writer
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