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The Return

20198.0 / 10119 min
Drama, History, TV Movie

Overview

Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation of a story by novelist Shuhei Fujisawa. A traveling gambler known as “Funeral Uno” he is now 86 years old and returning to his hometown for the first time in 30 years. Partly told in flashbacks, he is forced to face his lifelong nemesis, Boss Kyuzo, a vile yakuza portrayed by another superstar of samurai cinema, Atsuo Nakamura! Before the two old gamblers can settle a 30-year-old score they must put their lives on the line in a game of dice that can only lead to a bloody sword duel the likes of which has never before been seen! Superb performances all around in a film loaded with surprises and exciting swordplay!

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Takako Tokiwa

Takako Tokiwa

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Misato Tanaka

Misato Tanaka

Aki Maeda

Aki Maeda

Ayumi Tanida

Ayumi Tanida

Atsuo Nakamura

Atsuo Nakamura

Jiro Sato

Jiro Sato

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Naoto Ogata

Naoto Ogata

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Crew

Shigemichi Sugita

Shigemichi Sugita

Screenplay

Shuhei Fujisawa

Shuhei Fujisawa

Novel

Takashi Kako

Takashi Kako

Music

Shôji Ehara

Shôji Ehara

Cinematography

Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Screenplay

Shigemichi Sugita

Shigemichi Sugita

Director

TAKURA Hironori

TAKURA Hironori

Associate Producer

秋永全徳

秋永全徳

Producer

Tomoko Kurata

Tomoko Kurata

Art Direction

MATSUMOTO Satoru

MATSUMOTO Satoru

Sound Recordist