A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge.A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge.A noble young samurai searches for a thief who has stolen a precious treasure and killed one of his clansmen and meets an older samurai who tries to deter him from the violence of revenge.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations
- Kanzen Inukai
- (as Taketoshi Naitoh)
- Tadasuke Kurosawa
- (as Ken Osawa)
- Ninja Hayabusa
- (as Ryoichi Yuki)
- Ninja Akakage
- (as Akiko Monou)
- Muroto
- (as Ryo Iwamatsu)
- Yagi
- (as Shogo Suzuki)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe sword that is stolen in this film was borrowed from the estate of Toshirô Mifune. It was one of his personal swords.
- Quotes
Kanzen Inukai: Kagemaru!
[Kagemaru drops down from a hatch in the ceiling]
Kagemaru: Hai!
Kanzen Inukai: You don't have to enter through the ceiling, you know.
Kagemaru: I'm sorry, but as an old ninja, I don't really know how to enter from anywhere else.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Stereo Future (2001)
Don't be misled by the trailer though, Nakano takes on the film is far from creating a parody of the likes of Kurosawa. SF is essentially a fresh comedy which happens to be set in the Edo period, because it works so well in conveying his message to the audience.
The casting is pitch-perfect, characterization is sublime, editing is effective and smartly executed, while the direction is top-notch and funky. You would also love the art direction, cinematography and best of all the soundtrack of the film. The music pieces themselves are melody narrator of the story, as they carry you throughout the journey and mark transitions of the scenes so effectively.
I must say Samurai Fiction will be half as good without the music, so a special praise should go the the talented Tomoyasu Hotei, who himself turned in such a cool performance as the ronin Kazamatsuri. He's probably the most suave renegade on film after the great Toshiro Mifune.
The film directly opens with a promise of a sequel by directly entitling the movie Episode One: Samurai Fiction. Then we jump backward all the way to the year 1696, the Edo Period. The narrator then states that the character you see on the screen was the narrator himself, 300 years ago. The film then closes with the same narrator saying that it would take him a long time to learn the lesson of love. Enter the sequel: Episode 2002: Stereo Future. Can't wait to watch it!!!
- Akira-36
- May 16, 2004
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- Also known as
- Самурайская история
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1