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A Duel Tale

A Duel Tale

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 2015

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

果し合い

Production Companies

SKY PerfecTV!, Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Jidaigeki Senmon Channel, SKY Perfect JSAT

Director

Shigemichi Sugita

Description

Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage. Nakadai proves he ”still has it,” when fate forces him into a deadly duel. This award winning samurai drama from the pen of noted author Fujisawa Shuhei is a tribute to one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen!