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67% Critic Match
Snow on The Blades
“The last of the bodyguards hunts for the final assassin.”
6.7 / 10• 2014• 2h 0m•NR• Japanese
HistoryActionDrama
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Kiichi Nakai
Kingo Shimura
Lead
Hiroshi Abe
Jyubei Sahashi
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Naosuke Ii
Hirosue Ryoko
Setsu Shimura
Masahiro Takashima
Shinnosuke Naito
Sei Matobu
Masa
Eisaku Yoshida
Toyoho Takarabe
YO
Youichiro Omi
Kakuma Shimura
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Setsuro Wakamatsu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Snow on The Blades is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
