A Duel TaleMovie
Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage. Nakadai proves he ”still has it,” when fate forces him into a deadly duel. This award winning samurai drama from the pen of noted author Fujisawa Shuhei is a tribute to one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen!
About A Duel Tale
A Duel Tale is a 2015 tv movie, drama movie directed by Shigemichi Sugita.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 34m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Tatsuya Nakadai, Mieko Harada, Hitomi Miyauchi, Kentarô Shindô. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
