The Last Revenge

Japan

• 2011-02-26(JP)
• ▪ 2h-0m

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Overview

This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.

• Hajime MizoguchiMusic

  Takashi MinamotoDirector

  Noriko GotôScreenplay

  Takashi MinamotoScreenplay

  Akira YoshimuraNovel

  Tetsuya MakiProducer