2003 · drama · history
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Directed by Yojiro Takita2h 17m2003
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.
Our read: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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