Sword of Desperation

Sword of Desperation
Sword of Desperation
	Poster
Japanese	必死剣鳥刺し
Hepburn	Hisshiken Torisashi
Directed by	Hideyuki Hirayama
Written by	; ; Shūhei Fujisawa (story);
Produced by	Hidehiro Ito
Starring	Etsushi Toyokawa; Chizuru Ikewaki; Kōji Kikkawa;
Release date	July 10, 2010;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sword of Desperation (必死剣鳥刺し, Hisshiken Torisashi) is a 2010 Japanese jidaigeki drama film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was released in Japan on July 10, 2010.^[1] It was written by and , based on a novel by Shūhei Fujisawa. It was produced by Hidehiro Itō.

Plot[]

Samurai Kanemi Sanzaemon murders Lady Renko, one of his Lord's concubines. He is put into solitary confinement for twelve months. Through flashbacks his noble intentions are revealed. Two years after release he is made the lord's chief attendant. His humility after release has brought him back into favour.

The term Sword of Desperation is from an alternative name of the "Bird catcher" sword technique that Sanzaemon developed.

Cast[]

Etsushi Toyokawa as Sanzaemon Kanemi
Chizuru Ikewaki as Rio
Kōji Kikkawa as Hayatonosho Obiya
Naho Toda as Mutsue
Jun Murakami as Ukyo-dayu
Megumi Seki as Renko
Fumiyo Kohinata as Junai Hoshina
Ittoku Kishibe as Minbu Tsuda

References[]

^ "必死剣鳥刺し(2010)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

External links[]

Hisshiken torisashi at IMDb

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[1] "必死剣鳥刺し(2010)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

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