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Ame Agaru - The last screenplay written by Japans most famous director AKIRA KUROSSAWA is a wonderful film which returns to the feeling of his greatest works, films like YOJIMBO and SANJURO.

Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents of the inn by means of Ihei's generosity and good spirit. Ihei is a RONIN (Masterless Samurai) and a Master Swordsman. When Ihei comes to the attention of Lord Shigeaki (MIFUNE SHIRO, the son of Toshiro Mifune), he hires him as sword instructor for Lord Shigeaki's men. But Ihei's expertise causes friction and jealousy in Shigeaki's castle and his future there comes into doubt.

STARRING: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shiro Mifune

1999 - 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 5.1 SURROUND SOUND - COLOR - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES – 91 MINUTES




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