Snow on The Blades

(2014)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 15 votes

Genres: History, Action, Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 120 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Сэцуро Вакамацу

Cast: 中井貴一, Хироси Абэ, 二代目 中村吉右衛門, Рёко Хиросуэ, 髙嶋政宏, 真飛聖, 吉田栄作, Youichiro Omi, 堂珍嘉邦, 藤竜也

Plot

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?