When the Last Sword Is Drawn

(2003)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 123 votes

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Year: 2003

Runtime: 137 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 滝田洋二郎

Cast: 中井貴一, 佐藤浩市, 夏川結衣, 村田雄浩, 中谷美紀, Юдзи Мияке, 堺雅人, 伊藤淳史, 加瀬亮, 堀部圭亮

Plot

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them. In his search he joins a notorious clan, known as the Shinsengumi where he does as much as possible to get money. Looked at as a money grubber,Yoshimura proves his strength physically and mentally by being loyal to his honor. During the dramatic period, with the rise of the Emperor and the fall of the Shogun. Yoshimura shows us the struggle of life in a personal way, by changing the lives of the people he meets and the way life is looked at.