A swordswoman in a man's world, and Sakamoto Ryoma thinks he can stop her? Cute.
Koto Nakazawa (Meisa Kuroki) learned from her father Emon Mago (Masahiko Nishimura) "Hoshinryu" which is a Japanese fencing school of thought. She leaves her hometown to become stronger. Koto Nakazawa and her older Sadamasa (Michitaka Tsutsui) take part in "Roshigumi" ("Kyoto Defenders") led by Hachiro Kiyokawa (Mansaku Ikeuchi). One day, she stops outlaws who threaten merchants. When she is about to use her sword, Ryoma Sakamoto (Masaya Kato) stops her.
Costume
Meisa Kuroki's fighting hakama should be illegal, it's too good.
Acting
Nishimura's weary father hits harder than any sword strike.
Director
Tatsuzo Inohara
Meisa Kuroki
Koto Nakazawa
Michitaka Tsutsui
Sadamasa Nakazawa
Misato Tanaka
Tsubaki
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Yozo Soma
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Hachiro Kiyokawa
Takayuki Takuma
Rintaro Okita
Kazuki Namioka
Sojuro Mizukami
Noriko Aoyama
Hakana
Masaya Katō
Ryoma Sakamoto
Masahiko Nishimura
Emon Mago
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Gengoro Yoshimura
Yū Kamio
Gonjuro Matsudaira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roshigumi were real precursors to the Shinsengumi, making this secretly a prequel to every other samurai film you've seen.
Director Inohara cut his teeth on V-cinema—the Japanese direct-to-video genre that birthed Takashi Miike.
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