The Last Ronin

Plot

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Magozaemon Senoo

Koichi Sato

Kichiemon Terasaka

Hitomi Miyauchi

Kane

Koji Yamamoto

Jun Fubuki

Kiwa

Kunie Tanaka

Masatô Ibu

Yoshi Oida

Narumi Yasuda

Seizō Fukumoto

Masakazu Serizawa

Takao Kataoka