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The Hidden Blade: Directed by Yôji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa. A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
After Yaichiro escapes, Munezo is ordered to prove his innocence from complicity by killing his old friend, and he seeks the help of his old teacher, the sword master Kansai Toda. Although Yaichiro had been the better swordsman when they studied together, Toda entrusted the secret of the "Hidden Blade" only to Munezo.
Hidden Blade: Directed by Er Cheng. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Yibo Wang, Lei Huang, Hiroyuki Mori. Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
"The Hidden Blade (Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume)" is filmed in a deceptively old-fashioned and leisurely style to make pointed observations of Japanese society, much as "Far From Heaven" did for the U.S. Director/co-writer Yôji Yamada again adapts Shuuhei Fujisawa stories as he did so beautifully in "Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)".
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The Hidden Blade. Edit. Runtime. 2h 12m (132 min) Sound mix. DTS; Dolby Digital; Color. Color; Aspect ratio. 1.85 : 1; Camera. Arriflex 535; Laboratory. Tokyo Laboratory Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Film Length. 3,614 m (8 reels) Negative Format. 35 mm (Fuji Super F-250T 8552) Cinematographic Process. Digital Intermediate (master format) Spherical (source format) Printed Film Format. 35 mm (spherical) Contribute to this page. Suggest an edit or add missing content.
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The Hidden Blade: Directed by Yôji Yamada. With Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa. A 19th Century samurai, held in low esteem due to an action by his late father, must resolve his history with a maid and with his close friend.
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