The Hidden Blade (2004)
Kakushi ken: Oni no tsume
132 min
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.
- Release date
- October 23, 2004
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
Free
Hoopla
Kanopy
Rent
Rakuten Viki
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Trailer
Cast
- Masatoshi Nagase as Munezô Katagiri
- Takako Matsu as Kie
- Hidetaka Yoshioka as Samon Shimada
- Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Yaichirô Hazama
- Tomoko Tabata as Shino Katagiri
- Chieko Baishō as Mrs. Katagiri
- Kunie Tanaka as Kanbê Katagiri
- Sachiko Mitsumoto as Mrs. Iseya
- Reiko Takashima as Hazama's Wife
- Nenji Kobayashi as Kôda
- Ken Ogata as Chief Retainer Hori
- Min Tanaka as Kansai Toda
- Toshiki Ayata
- Hiroshi Kanbe as Naota
- Kazuhiko Kasai
- Yoshiko Shinohara
- Koichi Kira
- Tamami Kaneko
- Makoto Akatsuka
- Mantarô Koichi
- Masayasu Kitayama
- Yôji Matsuda
- Kôen Kondô
Crew
- Yōji Yamada · Director
- Yōji Yamada · Writer
- Yoshitaka Asama · Writer
- Shûhei Fujisawa · Writer
- Hiroshi Fukazawa · Producer
- Isao Tomita · Composer
- Mutsuo Naganuma · Cinematographer
- Iwao Ishii · Editor