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The Last Revenge

The Last Revenge

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 26, 2011

Runtime

2h 0m

User Score

70%

Original Title

遺恨あり 明治十三年 最後の仇討

Production Companies

Media House Sound Design, TV Asahi, Horipro, Toei Studios Kyoto, elevengraphics

Director

Takashi Minamoto

Description

This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.