Release Date

May, 17th, 2019

Running Time

120 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

• MOTOKI Katsuhide

[ Produced by ]

• FUJIMURA Naoto ── Planning & Production
• NISHI Asami ── Producer
• FUKUSHIMA Daisuke ── Producer

[ Cast ]

• MATSUZAKA Tori ── SAKAZAKI Iwane
• KIMURA Fumino ── Okon
• YOSHINE Kyoko ── KOBAYASHI Nao
• EMOTO Tasuku ── KOBAYASHI Kimpei
• EMOTO Akira ── Urakusai

[ Staff ]

• SAEKI Yasuhide ── Original Story
• FUJIMOTO Yuki ── Screenplay
• YASUDA Masahiko ── Cinematography
• KAWASE Isao ── Editor
• TAKAMI Yu ── Music

[ Production Company ]

"Iwane: Sword of Serenity" Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Story ]

The film adaptation of Saeki Yasuhide's samurai period novel series which in total has surpassed 20 million copies printed. Joining Matsuzaka Tori in his first leading role in a period film are Kimura Fumino, Yoshine Kyoko, Emoto Tasuku, Sugino Yosuke, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Tanihara Shosuke, Nakamura Baijaku, and Emoto Akira among other talented actors.
Sakazaki Iwane (Matsuzaka) becomes entangled in the tragic deaths of two friends in his homeland of Bungo-Sekimae. He decides to leave his domain, parting his fiancée Nao (Yoshine) whom he was soon to wed and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose.

[ Official Site ]

https://iwane-movie.jp

[ Contact (International) ]

NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION
Film Business Department
1-6-1 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7444
tel: +81 3 6215 1111
http://www.ntv.co.jp/english