The Hidden Blade
2004
⏱️ 132 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
DramaRomance
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Crew
Director
Yoji Yamada
Writer
Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
Producer
Hiroshi Fukazawa, Ichiro Yamamoto, Junichi Sakomoto
Production
Eisei Gekijo, Shochiku, MAKE-UP DIMENSIONS, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippan Group Holdings, Tokyo Laboratory
Keywords
samuraibased on novel or booksword fightrevengehonorperiod dramahistoricalcaste systemjidaigekiedo period