GOZEN: The Sword of Pure Romance

GOZEN: The Sword of Pure Romance

2019•1h 31m•3.5/10

ActionDramaRomance

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3.5/10(2)

GOZEN is a jidageki (period piece) dramas. The word “gozen” refers to a feudal game held in the presence of a Daimyo, described as a match “one must not lose”.

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Production

Toei Company, Toei Video Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Atsuhiro Inukai

Atsuhiro Inukai

Kouhei Takeda

Kouhei Takeda

Mio Yuki

Mio Yuki

Hayato Onozuka

Hayato Onozuka

Shouma Machii

Shouma Machii

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Takahisa Maeyama

Takahisa Maeyama

Norimasa Fuke

Norimasa Fuke

Yuki Izawa

Yuki Izawa

Yôko Ohshima

Seiya Motoki

Seiya Motoki

Hiroya Matsumoto

Hiroya Matsumoto

Taira Imata

Taira Imata

Mika Kikuchi

Mika Kikuchi

Hiroshi Yazaki

Hiroshi Yazaki

Yuki Kubota

Yuki Kubota

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Hitoshi Nonomura

Hitoshi Nonomura

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