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The Hidden Blade (2004) [R]

Release Date:
October 30, 2004

Original Title:
隠し剣 鬼の爪

Alternate Titles:
Das verborgene Schwert
Kakushi Ken: Oni no Tsume
La servante et le samouraï
The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade - Das verborgene Schwert
Ukryty miecz - Diabelski pazur

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Eisei Gekijo
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
MAKE-UP DIMENSIONS
Nippan Group Holdings
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Shochiku
Sumitomo Corporation
Tokyo Laboratory

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U  US: R 

Runtime: 132

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Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

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Art Direction:
Yoshinobu Nishioka

Assistant Director:
Kinichi Hanawa
Mikito Tanaka
Ayato Kurokawa
Emiko Hiramatsu
Yasutaka Maehara
Tadafumi Ito
Masaki Arai

Costume Design:
Kazuko Kurosawa

Director:
Yoji Yamada

Director of Photography:
Mutsuo Naganuma

Editor:
Iwao Ishii

Executive Producer:
Junichi Sakomoto

Gun Wrangler:
Yukitomo Tochino

Lighting Technician:
Gengon Nakaoka

Music Producer:
Shigeyuki Onodera

Original Music Composer:
Isao Tomita

Original Story:
Shuhei Fujisawa

Other:
Yasushi Yamazaki

Producer:
Hiroshi Fukazawa
Ichiro Yamamoto

Screenplay:
Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama

Sound Editor:
Naoko Asari

Sound Effects:
Yukio Hokari

Special Effects:
Etsuko Egawa

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