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A Duel Tale

Plot: Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage
Release Date: Saturday, October 31 2015
10 years ago
Genres: TV Movie, Drama
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Cast

Portrait of Tatsuya NakadaiTatsuya Nakadai. Tatsuya Nakadai was 82 in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Tue, Dec 13 1932 –
Died: Sat, Nov 08 2025
Portrait of Mieko HaradaMieko Harada. Mieko Harada was 56 in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Fri, Dec 26 1958
Portrait of Hitomi MiyauchiHitomi Miyauchi. Hitomi Miyauchi was 23 in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Sat, Oct 17 1992
Portrait of Kentarô ShindôKentarô Shindô. Kentarô Shindô was >> in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Ryuki TakahashiRyuki Takahashi. Ryuki Takahashi was 22 in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Sun, Mar 28 1993
Portrait of Eri TokunagaEri Tokunaga. Eri Tokunaga was 27 in A Duel Tale
Birthday: Mon, May 09 1988
Portrait of Yanagishita TomoYanagishita Tomo. Yanagishita Tomo was 27 in A Duel Tale as 'Matsuzaki'.
Birthday: Fri, Jun 03 1988

Crew

Portrait of Shigemichi SugitaShigemichi Sugita. Shigemichi Sugita was 72 in A Duel Tale as 'Director'
Birthday: Tue, Oct 05 1943
Portrait of Shuhei FujisawaShuhei Fujisawa. Shuhei Fujisawa would have been no older than 69 in A Duel Tale as 'Original Film Writer'
Birthday: Mon, Dec 26 1927 –
Died: Sun, Jan 26 1997
Portrait of Masahiro KobayashiMasahiro Kobayashi. Masahiro Kobayashi was 61 in A Duel Tale as 'Screenplay'
Birthday: Wed, Jan 06 1954 –
Died: Sat, Aug 20 2022
Portrait of 秋永全徳秋永全徳. 秋永全徳 was >> in A Duel Tale as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Tetsuo SashoTetsuo Sasho. Tetsuo Sasho was >> in A Duel Tale as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Takashi KakoTakashi Kako. Takashi Kako was 68 in A Duel Tale as 'Music'
Birthday: Fri, Jan 31 1947
Portrait of Tomoko KurataTomoko Kurata. Tomoko Kurata was >> in A Duel Tale as 'Art Direction'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday