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A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.
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- 8 wins & 9 nominations
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- TriviaThe title "Mibu gishi den" literally means "Story of the Righteous Samurai of Mibu," and alludes to the "Ako gishi," better known in the West as the 47 Ronin.
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Hajime Saitô: Not much to look at, huh? I don't like beautiful women. Women called 'beautiful' disgust me. After all, none of us is more than a sack of shit.
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Excellent!
This movie was recommended to me after I went to see "The Last Samurai (2003)" and was deeply captivated with that story.
This movie takes place during the confusing times when the Emperor attempted to modernize Japan and the time of the samurai warriors and their shogun masters was ending. It tells the story of the "lesser" samurai Kanichiro Yoshimura and his rival Hajime Saito. This is more of a drama than an action movie, and that is where it scored high with me. Call it a samurai movie with a twist - or, if you like, one that probably is more historically correct and pays more respect to the proud samurai warriors.
My face did get wet, I admit that. I really did have empathy (and sympathy for that matter) with poor, hard-working, misunderstood Yoshimura. 10/10!
This movie takes place during the confusing times when the Emperor attempted to modernize Japan and the time of the samurai warriors and their shogun masters was ending. It tells the story of the "lesser" samurai Kanichiro Yoshimura and his rival Hajime Saito. This is more of a drama than an action movie, and that is where it scored high with me. Call it a samurai movie with a twist - or, if you like, one that probably is more historically correct and pays more respect to the proud samurai warriors.
My face did get wet, I admit that. I really did have empathy (and sympathy for that matter) with poor, hard-working, misunderstood Yoshimura. 10/10!
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- Feb 8, 2004
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- Also known as
- 壬生義士傳
- Filming locations
- Nanbu, Aomori, Japan(Childhood Home)
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,487,338
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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