The Samurai - 剣に生き
Summary
My husband, Kenji, used to be the best samurai! His sword was so fast, so strong, and his sword techniques were a masterpiece. Until that day... Everything changed. His bright future and purpose to live with the sword suddenly dissapears and now, he is breeding chickens, drunk all the time, and not proud of his job. His life is rock bottom. Does he have no hope? No chance to comeback? It's time to make him stand up again.Features
This is a Samurai Movie featuring the life of Samurai and the reason to live. Also, the Director, Toshi Asaka's movie has a lot of sword-fighting scenes created by himself. The director is certified the 22nd full completion headmaster of Musojikiden Eishinryu Sword fighting.
This time, he focused on more realistic fighting scenes in the action scenes. All buildings and locations are real Samurai Houses. The story focuses on how Samurais live with their swords as their identities, and how they train sword at the Samurai school, aka, Dojo. This movie tells the story of the transision of the school history, and how Samurais get their support from their wives. It is an enjoyable story for not only who love Samurai movies, but also any people who like human drama can enjoy the simple story.
It's a story about how the best elite Samurai who lost everything by injury and failure returns back to Samurai life again with the support of his wife. He finally overcomes his disability and accomplishes Sensei's will and the rival's wish.
Synopsis
Kenji and his best friend Shintaro used to be the best Samurai in the castle town. They belong to the sword-instructing school for the castle lords. People believe that either Kenji or Shintaro will be the next Sensei and the top Samurai in the castle town, until the assault. Kenji and Shintaro saved their lord's life, but Kenji got injured and lost the grip of his left-hand which means the end of his career as a swordsman. The Sword was everything to Kenji, and now it's gone. After losing his purpose to live, he spends his days being drunk. Even Shintaro called Kenji "the quitter" because he gave up his sword.Rin, Kenji's wife, still continues supporting Kenji even though Kenji throws away his sword and becomes a cripple. She knows that in his heart, Kenji still has a strong passion for his sword. After the death of Yamamoto, the Sensei of Kenji and Shintaro, he left a will to announce that the next Sensei of the dojo will be decided by matching the two top swordsman Kenji and Shintaro, which Shintaro has always wanted to challenge. Rin received the will from Yamamoto and she made up her mind to bring her husband back to where he belonged. Through the hard training with Rin, Kenji brings back his confidence and sword skills. Now, the time has come to fight against Shintaro.
Detail
Staff and Cast
The staffDirector&Writer：Toshi Asaka
Composer：Yuri Shimoda
Kimono Coordinator : Kahori Saito
Producer：Toshi Asaka
Cast
Mita Kenji：Daichi Hirahara
Takeuchi Shintaro ： Yoshiya Sone
Mita Rin：Yukko Ellie Onishi
Sato Saburo ： Yojiro Yamanaka
Okami：Mami Hanano
Yamamoto：Sosuke Tokuyama
Sokichi：Hiromi Yoshioka
Sato : Kohji Katoh
Yamamoto's Wife : Kahori Saito
Detail
Completion：Apr. 2023
Length：90min.
Language：English（Japanese Sub）
Budget：500.00 USD
Category：Samurai Action
Produced by：MustLoveJapan
Location：Kanagawa, Japan