Tatara samurai
TATARA SAMURAI
- Release Date
- May, 20th, 2017
- Running Time
- 120 min
- Genre
- Drama , Historical , Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP) Chinese (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
- EXILE HIRO ── Executive Producer
[ Cast ]
- AOYAGI Sho ── Gosuke
- KOBAYASHI Naoki ── Shimpei
- TABATA Tomoko ── Okyo
[ Staff ]
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari ── Original Story
- NISHIKORI Yoshinari ── Screenplay
- NAGAOKA Seikou ── Music
- IKEYA Noriyoshi ── Art Director
- SAKO Akira ── Cinematography
[ Production Company ]
TATARA SAMURAI. All rights reserved
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
LDH pictures
[ Story ]
First film produced by Hiro of Exile. Directed by Nishikori Yoshinari of Railways.
It is the end of the Sengoku period. In Tatara Village deep in the mountains of Izumo, Tatara blowing is secret method for making high-quality iron that is touted to be "rust resistant for a millennium." Gosuke (Aoyagi Sho) is heir to the iron-making technique and is fated to protect the tradition, but one day he learns that the era has arrived when even farmers can become samurai. He turns his back on village propriety and embarks on a journey to join the samurai ranks, but a harsh reality awaits him.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2016 Montreal World Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution
[ Contact (International) ]
LDH pictures
4F, 1-2-2 Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043
Rep: MIYAZAKI So
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