Directed by:
平山秀幸Screenplay:
江良至Cinematography:
Hirokazu IshiiCast:
Chizuru Ikewaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Jun Murakami, Etsushi Toyokawa, 吉川晃司, Naho Toda, Kenichi Yajima, Kazuya Takahashi, 関めぐみ, 山田キヌヲ, 前田健, Hana Kino, つまみ枝豆 (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Chizuru Ikewaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/491/491633_6b30e9.jpg)
Chizuru Ikewaki
Japan
Best movies:
Shoplifters (2018)
The Great Passage (2013)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)
![Ittoku Kishibe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273980_c9a091.jpg)
Ittoku Kishibe
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
![Jun Murakami](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/689/166689805_9e2dba.jpg)
Jun Murakami
Japan
Best movies:
The Lightning Tree (2010)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Ritual (2000)
![Etsushi Toyokawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319093_200c74.jpg)
Etsushi Toyokawa
Japan
Best movies:
Awaking (2006)
Love Letter (1995)
It's Only Talk (2005)
![吉川晃司](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469142_13da9c.jpg)
吉川晃司
Japan
Best movies:
Until the Lights Come Back (2005)
The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
![Naho Toda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/021/169021898_oxam91.jpg)
Naho Toda
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
GANTZ (2010)
![Kenichi Yajima](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/453/167453135_4ne66j.jpg)
Kenichi Yajima
Japan
Best movies:
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Fireworks (1997)
Sonatine (1993)
![Kazuya Takahashi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/145/168145033_3low3p.jpg)
Kazuya Takahashi
Japan
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Still Walking (2008)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
![関めぐみ](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/063/160063666_126238.png)
関めぐみ
Japan
Best movies:
![山田キヌヲ](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/750/168750692_iylx1u.jpg)
山田キヌヲ
Japan
Best movies:
Confessions (2010)
It's Only Talk (2005)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
前田健
Japan
Best movies:
Sword of Desperation (2010)
20th Century Boys: Chapter Two - The Last Hope (2009)
The Ramen Girl (2008)
![Hana Kino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/599/168599769_z6lmys.jpg)
Hana Kino
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Swing Girls (2004)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
つまみ枝豆
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Bunmei Tobayama
Japan
Best movies:
The Great Passage (2013)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
S&M Hunter (1986)
Tôru Kizu
Best movies:
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Yûdai Ishiyama
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Agitator (2001)