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2018

Tajuro junaiki

Love's Twisting Path

多十郎殉愛記

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

(c) 'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

Release Date
April, 12th, 2019
Running Time
90 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

'Love's Twisting Path' Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOEI, Yoshimoto Creative Agency

[ Story ]

Veteran director Nakajima Sadao, known for the 'Kogarashi Monjiro' series and A Savage Beast Goes Mad, helms this samurai period film set at the end of the Edo era. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, director of My Man, serves as assistant director.
In order to evade the debt left by his parents, ronin Kiyokawa Tajuro arrives in Kyoto upon leaving the Choshu domain. One day, Tajuro is assailed by the Kyoto Patrol which received information from an undercover detective. Tajuro stakes his life in a fight to protect the proprietress of a small restaurant, Otoyo (Tabe Mikako), and others who showed him kindness.

[ Official Site ]

https://tajurou.official-movie.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2019 Beijing International Film Festival
2019 Shanghai International Film Festival, NIPPON EXPRESS
2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Perspectives The Tyger Burns

[ Contact (International) ]

Free Stone Productions Co., Ltd.
International Sales

#214, The Share, 3-25-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Rep: TAKAMATSU Miyuki
Attn: NAGATA Fumiko, NAKAMURA Momoko, TAKAGI Yuko
tel: +81 90 2469 1182
fax: +81 3 6800 3106
E-mail: fsp-sales@freestone.jp
http://freestone.jp

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