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Saya-Zamurai (さや侍, Scabbard Samurai) is a 2010 Japanese film directed and written by Hitoshi Matsumoto . This movie was exhibited at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival. [1]
Jun 11, 2011 · Scabbard Samurai: Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto. With Takaaki Nomi, Sea Kumada, Itsuji Itao, Tokio Emoto. A captured masterless samurai has 30 days to make a grieving boy prince smile, or he must commit seppuku.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
- 2011-06-11
Jun 11, 2011 · Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©. Nomi Kanjuro ( Takaaki Nomi) is a master less samurai on the run after throwing away his sword for good. He has with him his headstrong 9-year-old daughter Tae ( Sea Kumada ). A bounty is soon placed on Nomi Kanjuro and 3 assassins go after the score. When Nomi Kanjuro is eventually captured and placed in ...
Scabbard Samurai starts out a bit like a wacky Stephen Chow comedy, but attempts something more meaningful under all the silliness. Kanjuro becomes vaguely Gandhi-ish - with his patient endurance of indignity, circular glasses, and empty scabbard-as-passive-motif.
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- Yoshimoto Kogyo
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
- 103 min
- 2
Actor. Rolly. Actor. Page 1 of 3, 5 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Kanjuro, a worn-out samurai, wants to retire after the death of his wife. His lord accuses him of ...
- Comedy
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Erik, the Asian Movie Enthusiast presents:A review of “Scabbard Samurai”, a Japanese comedy/drama from 2010 that was directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto – a comedi...
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