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Uzumasa Limelight

  • 2014
  • TMDB 6.8/10
  • 1h 44m

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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Overview

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.

Cast

  • Seizō FukumotoSeiichi
  • Chihiro YamamotoSatsuki iga
  • Hirotaro HondaKenichi Naganuma
  • Masashi GodaAkihiko Kawashima
  • Rantaro Mine
  • Asahi Kurizuka
  • Michihiro Kinoshita
  • Yoshiyuki Shibata

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