The Hidden Blade (2004)

Director:Yôji Yamada

Writers:
Yôji Yamada (screenplay), Yoshitaka Asama(screenplay)

Stars:

Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu and Hidetaka Yoshioka

Genre:Drama Romance

Origin: japan



Plot:
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan (Unasaka) to take an important position within the shogunate in far away Edo. Munezo has lived modestly with his mother and sister Shino after his father was forced into suicide after the failure of a bridge project.
The Hidden Blade