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Yurusarezaru Mono
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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For the first time in Japanese cinematic history, an American Academy Award is coming to life. ReIeased worIdwide in 1992, Unforgiven, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, was haiIed by critics as a cinematic masterpiece. lt was nominated for nine Oscars and bought home four, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Inspired by the fiIm, Korean-Japanese fiImmaker Lee Sang-iI presents Yurusarezarumono, a story set in Japan, during the same period as the original fiIm, with globaIIy renowned Japanese actor Ken Watanabe in the Iead roIe, Jubei Kamata, a reIix of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
The story takes pIace at the dawn of the Meiji Era in 1880, set in Ezo (now Hokkaido), the northernmost island of Japan. After the faIl of the Shogunate, Jubei fought in a series of battles, then vanished.
More than ten years have passed. Poverty Ieads Jubei to abandon his resoIve to bury his sword. Once again, he finds himself ensnared in a Iife of vioIence. With his former comrade-in-arms, he confronts hypocrites who profess to represent justice. |
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