

“Bullets. Swords. Revenge.”
What if Taras Shevchenko put down his pen and took a samurai sword into his hands? Akayo samurai enters the territory of Ukraine, seeking revenge on the Japanese Harimoto--a buyer of slaves from a Ukrainian master. On his way, Akayo meets the serf Taras, who is also guided by personal revenge and wants to organize the release of his beloved.

Roman Lutskyi
Taras Shevchenko
Lead
Serhiy Strelnykov
Akayo
Kateryna Sliusar
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Gen Seto
Harimoto

Yakiv Tkachenko
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Andriy Malynovych
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Andrii Borys
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Li Berlinska
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