Uzumasa Limelight
2014
1h 44min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
14 June 2014
Runtime
1h 44min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Toei Studios Kyoto
Cast
Seizō Fukumoto
Seiichi
Chihiro Yamamoto
Satsuki iga
Hirotaro Honda
Kenichi Naganuma
Masashi Goda
Akihiko Kawashima
Rantaro Mine
Asahi Kurizuka
Michihiro Kinoshita
Yoshiyuki Shibata
Kazuaki Tai
Boiru Nakajima
Anna Kawashima
Shogen
Shizuka Nakamura
Hidekazu Ichinose
Hana Ebise
Sadao Nakajima
Sadao Nakajima
Daisaku Kadokawa
Hisako Manda
Mitsuru Tamura
Nenji Kobayashi
Hiroki Matsukata
Ayami Nakamura
Chihiro Tanaka
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