Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Ryōtarō Shiba
Novel
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Eiko Oshima
Producer
Kazuo Shimizu
Producer
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
