Release Date

November, 24th, 2018

Running Time

80 min

Genre

Drama , Thriller , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• TSUKAMOTO Shinya

[ Produced by ]

• TSUKAMOTO Shinya

[ Cast ]

• IKEMATSU Sosuke ── TSUZUKI Mokunoshin
• AOI Yu ── Yu
• NAKAMURA Tatsuya (BLANKEY JET CITY) ── GENDA Sezaemon
• TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── SAWAMURA Jirozaemon

[ Staff ]

• TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Screenplay
• TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Cinematography
• TSUKAMOTO Shinya ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

KAIJYU THEATER

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHIN NIPPON FILMS

[ Story ]

The first samurai period film from Tsukamoto Shinya who has captured international attention with Tetsuo The Iron Man and Fires on the Plain among others. Questions about life and death are brought into the open through ronin earnestly living in a farming village during the turbulent times of the late Edo period.
250 years free of warfare have impoverished samurai in the late Edo period. Tsuzuki Mokunoshin (Ikematsu Sosuke) has also left his fiefdom and lives with a farming family. He practices his swordsmanship by sparring with neighbor Ichisuke (Maeda Ryusei). He has also become close with Ichisuke's elder sister, Yu (Aoi Yu). One day the three witness a duel taking place within the grounds of a shrine.

[ Official Site ]

http://zan-movie.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2018 Venice International Film Festival, Competition
2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Masters
2018 Busan International Film Festival, Gala Presentation

[ Contact (International) ]

Nikkatsu Corporation
International Sales
3-28-12 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
Attn: KAWAI Emico, SUNG Tzwei, YAMAMOTO Umi
tel: +81 3 5689 1014
fax: +81 3 5689 1044
E-mail: international@nikkatsu.co.jp
https://intl.nikkatsu.com