is a 2014 Japanese

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—''Portrait of Hel ...

film directed by

Setsurō Wakamatsu is a Japanese film director. His film ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' won the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize. Filmography *''Whiteout (2000 film), Whiteout'' (2000) *''Shizumanu Taiyō'' (2009) *''Yoake no Machi ...

. It was released on September 20, 2014.

Cast

Kiichi Nakai is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Ye ...

as Kingo Shimura * Hiroshi Abe as Jūbei Sahashi *

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as Setsu Shimura *

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as Shinnosuke Naitō *

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Masane Tsukayama is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Naha, Okinawa. His wife is opera singer . He is best known for dubbing over Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne. Filmography Film * ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo' ...

Tatsuya Fuji is a Japanese actor. He was born in Beijing and raised in Yokohama. In 1962, Fuji joined Nikkatsu Company and began his acting career with small roles in Nikkatsu film. In 1968, Fuji married actress Izumi Ashikawa. He gained popularity throu ...

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Reception

The film received four nominations at the

38th Japan Academy Prize The is the 38th edition of the ''Japan Academy Film Prize'', an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2014 and it took place on February 27, 2015 at the Grand Prince ...

: Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (

), Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role ( Hiroshi Abe), Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (Fumio Ogawa) and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording (Osamu Onodera).

References

External links

* * 2010s historical films Films directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu Jidaigeki films Films set in Bakumatsu 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub