The renowned work "Toge" by Sima Liaotai has been adapted for the screen for the first time, directed by the famous director Koizumi Yasushi, featuring a star-studded cast including Hiroshi Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Ryu Takemoto. "Toge" tells the legendary life story of a key figure from the late Edo period---Kawai Tsugunosuke, the elder statesman of the Echigo Nagaoka domain, played by Hiroshi Yakusho, with Matsuyama Takako portraying his wife. The film also features actors such as Tanaka Min, Kyoko Kagawa, Kouzuki Sasaki, Ryuta Bandou, Kento Nagayama, Katsuaki Enoki, Daisuke Watanabe, Kenichi Yajima, Manabu Yamamoto, Hisashi Igawa, Masahiro Higashide, and Hidetaka Yoshioka. Filming will begin in September in Niigata's Nagaoka, with the most important scene depicting the "Kitaet War" involving 5,000 extras. The film is set to be released in 2020.
War
The Last Samurai
actor： Kōji Yakusho, Ryu Sumio, Min Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa, Kōnosuke Sasaki, Hayato Nagayama, Kyoko Yoshine, Masahiro Higashide, Ryuta Bandō, Takame Enoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Watanabe, Ryohei Kurosawa, Hisashi Ikawa, Manabu Yamamoto
director：Yoshifumi Koizumi
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type：War
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status：HD
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updated：2025-05-15
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region：Japan
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year：2021
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language：Japanese
plot：The famous work "Toge" by Sima Liaotai has been adapted into a visual format for...more