Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Ryōtarō Shiba | Novel |
Nagisa Ōshima | Director |
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Music |
Toyomichi Kurita | Director of Photography |
Nagisa Ōshima | Writer |
Tomoko Kurata | Assistant Production Design |
Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
Jean Labadie | Executive Producer |
Nobuyoshi Otani | Executive Producer |
Eri Yamamoto | Assistant Production Design |