Uzumasa Limelight

Uzumasa Limelight

2014•1h 44m•6.9/10

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6.9/10(14)

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

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Production

Toei Studios Kyoto

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Seiichi

Chihiro Yamamoto

Chihiro Yamamoto

Satsuki iga

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Kenichi Naganuma

Masashi Goda

Masashi Goda

Akihiko Kawashima

Rantaro Mine

Rantaro Mine

Asahi Kurizuka

Michihiro Kinoshita

Michihiro Kinoshita

Yoshiyuki Shibata

Kazuaki Tai

Boiru Nakajima

Anna Kawashima

Shogen

Shogen

Shizuka Nakamura

Shizuka Nakamura

Hidekazu Ichinose

Hidekazu Ichinose

Hana Ebise

Hana Ebise

Sadao Nakajima

Sadao Nakajima

Sadao Nakajima

Daisaku Kadokawa

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Mitsuru Tamura

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

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