Samurai Fiction | |
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Directed by | Hiroyuki Nakano |
Produced by | Hiroto Kimura |
Written by | Hiroyuki Nakano Hiroshi Saito |
Music by | Tomoyasu Hotei |
Cinematography | Yujiro Yajima |
Editing by | Hiroyuki Nakano |
Released | August 1, 1998 |
Running time | 111 min. |
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Samurai Fiction (SF サムライ・フィクション ), aka SF: Episode 1 is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Hiroyuki Nakano.
Plot[]
A sword given to feudal lord Kanzen Inukai by the Shogun is stolen by the samurai he put in charge of its protection. His son Heishiro decides to retrieve the sword for fame and restoration of his father's honor, but when Kazamatsuri makes quick work of the two friends that accompanied him, he becomes obsessed with revenge.
Cast[]
- Morio Kazama ... Hanbei Mizoguchi
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi ... Heishiro Inukai
- Tomoyasu Hotei ... Rannosuke Kazamatsuri
- Tamaki Ogawa ... Koharu Mizoguchi
- Mari Natsuki ... Okatsu
- Taketoshi Naito ... Kanzen Inukai
- Kei Tani ... Kagemaru
- Fumiya Fujii ... Ryunosuke Kuzumi
- Naoyuki Fujii ... Shintaro Suzuki
- Ken Osawa ... Tadasuke Kurosawa
- Hiroshi Kanbe ... Gosuke
- Ryoichi Yuki ... Ninja Hayabusa
- Akiko Monou ... Ninja Akakage
- Taro Maruse ... Sakyounosuke Kajii
- Yuji Nakamura ... Samejima
- Ramo Nakajima ... Denbei Kimura
- Ryo Iwamatsu ... Muroto
- Shogo Suzuki ... Yagi
- Pierre Taki ... Bad Ronin Juzo Araki
- Diamond Yukai ... Onimatsu
- Utaroku Miyakoya ... Kuma-san
- Yoshiaki Umegaki ... Rascal Baba
- Masahiro Saitoh ... Rascal Omoka
- Kazuhide Motooka ... Rascal Tohyama
- Norikazu Kobayashi ... Massage Oichi
- Nagine Hoshikawa ... Yukie Kimura
- Yasuhito Hida ... Bad Ronin Kuroiwa
- Hideaki Yoshioka ... Sakichi
- Ryuji Takasaki ... Ushimatsu
- Shoichiro Akaboshi ... Fire Three 1
- Shigetoshi Mashimo ... Fire Three 2
- Wasaburo Nakamura ... Fire Three 3
- Eiji Takakura ... Samurai on Opening
- Hiroyuki Yashiro ... Samurai on Opening & Sayama
- Masataka Haji ... Bad Ronin Kouno
- Kenzo Hagiwara ... Lord of Nagashimaman
- Kinshi Yamamiya ... Kaga
- Funezou Yamagata ... Maeda
- Fusanosuke Kondo ... Samurai with Flag
- Kan Takagi ... Samurai on the Beach
- Toshizo Fujiwara ... Samurai with Message
- Shoji Mayama ... Clerk
- Hiroya Sugisaki ... Ohta
- Takayuki Akaike ... Kawai
- Masato Yoshioka ... Sawamura
- Hiroyuki Mori ... Disciple
- Koutaro Inoue ... Disciple
- Ryo Sato ... Disciple
- Rie Nonaka ... Geisha Ayame
- Kayano Komaki ... Geisha Yuri
- Yoko Yakushiji ... Geisha Midozuki
- Kitarou ... Surveying Samurai
- Masahiro Sato
External links[]
- Samurai Fiction review at KFCC
- Samurai Fiction review at Kung Fu Cinema