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At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
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El filme repasa el papel de Isoroku Yamamoto, el jefe de la armada japonesa responsable del ataque a Pearl Harbour. Se centra en los últimos cuatro años de esta figura histórica y, alejándose de la épica militarista, presenta los dilemas de un personaje que está en contra de una guerra que sabe que su país no va a ganar, pero que asume estoicamente su destino.
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2000 live-action Japanese film.
