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Abacus and Sword

Abacus and Sword

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 4, 2010

Runtime

2h 9m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

武士の家計簿

Production Companies

Shochiku, dentsu, Yahoo! Japan, TV Asahi, Eisei Gekijo, Sumitomo Corporation, Asmik Ace Entertainment

Director

Yoshimitsu Morita

Description

Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.