The Hidden Blade

Name: The Hidden Blade
Director: Yoji Yamada
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2004-10-30
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.426
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Tomoko Tabata

Original title: 隠し剣鬼の爪

7.4(128)R20042h 12mJA

Directed by Yoji Yamada

Part of the Samurai Trilogy (Yoji Yamada) Collection

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

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