
The Last Samurai
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
Top Billed Cast

Hideki Takahashi
Sugi Toranosuke

Ken Ogata
Nakamura Hanjiro

Teruhiko SaigÅ
Okita Soji

Masaomi Kondo
Iba Hachiro

Keiko Matsuzaka
Reiko
Featured Crew

Kenji Misumi
Director
Rei Miura
Lighting Technician
Akira Masuda
Assistant Director
Yoshiharu Mishima
Executive Producer
Chiyoo Umeda
Art Direction
Akira Inomata
Associate Producer
Kyuzo Kobayashi
Associate Producer
Sachio Obi
Sound Mixer
Hideo Kobayashi
Sound Recordist
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Takeo Kunihiro
Screenplay

Kenji Misumi
Screenplay