Snow on The Blades

Snow on The Blades 2014 Directed by Setsurô Wakamatsu 柘榴坂の仇討

The last of the bodyguards hunts for the final assassin.

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gneres Action , Drama , History

Production Company Shochiku

Release Date 20 September 2014

120 mins