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Uzumasa Limelight
Film / 2014

Uzumasa Limelight

Directed by Ken Ochiai
DramaAction

★ 6.8/10Audience rating

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

The story

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

Cast

Seizō FukumotoSeiichi Chihiro YamamotoSatsuki iga Hirotaro HondaKenichi Naganuma Masashi GodaAkihiko Kawashima Rantaro Mine Asahi Kurizuka Michihiro Kinoshita Yoshiyuki Shibata Kazuaki Tai Boiru Nakajima Anna Kawashima Shogen
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Shizuka Nakamura Hidekazu Ichinose Hana Ebise Sadao NakajimaSadao Nakajima Daisaku Kadokawa Hisako MandaMitsuru Tamura Nenji Kobayashi Hiroki Matsukata Ayami Nakamura Chihiro Tanaka Honoka IshibashiNao Yamazaki

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