Abacus and Sword

(2010)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2010

Runtime: 129 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Ёсимицу Морита

Cast: 堺雅人, 仲間由紀恵, 松坂慶子, Масахико Нишимура, 草笛光子, Yuki Ito, 藤井美菜, 大八木 凯斗, 中村雅俊, Yura Arata

Plot

Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.