Snow on the Blades
2014 Japanese film
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Snow on the Blades (Japanese: 柘榴坂の仇討, Hepburn: Zakurozaka no Adauchi) is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is based on a short story by Jirō Asada. It was released on September 20, 2014.[1]
Directed bySetsurō Wakamatsu
Screenplay by
- Hironobu Takamatsu
- Yasuo Hasegawa
- Kenzaburō Iida
Story byJirō Asada
Produced by
- Shohei Kotaki
- Yoshihiro Kato
- Masamitsu Haga
- Manabu Inoue
- Yumiko Takebe
- Hikaru Tani
- Kanjiro Sakura
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| Directed by | Setsurō Wakamatsu |
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| Story by | Jirō Asada |
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| Starring | Kiichi Nakai Hiroshi Abe Ryōko Hirosue Nakamura Kichiemon II |
| Cinematography | Tokushō Kikumura |
| Edited by | Hirohide Abe |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Kiichi Nakai as Kingo Shimura
- Hiroshi Abe as Jūbei Sahashi
- Ryōko Hirosue as Setsu Shimura
- Masahiro Takashima as Shinnosuke Naitō
- Sei Matobu
- Eisaku Yoshida
- Yuria Kizaki
- Masane Tsukayama
- Tatsuya Fuji
- Nakamura Kichiemon II as Naosuke Ii
Reception
The film received four nominations at the 38th Japan Academy Prize: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Kiichi Nakai), Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Hiroshi Abe), Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (Fumio Ogawa) and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording (Osamu Onodera).[2]
