The Samurai and the Prisoner

Synopsis

When Lord Murashige rises up against the tyrannical Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda's army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei, a brilliant and dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon, as he must outwit his enemies and uncover the truth before time runs out.

Trailer

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Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Araki Murashige

Masaki Suda

Kuroda Kanbei

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Chiyoho

Munetaka Aoki

Araki Kyuzaemon

Ryota Miyadate

Inui Sukesaburo

Tasuku Emoto

Saika Sagehari

Joe Odagiri

Koori Juemon

Yusuke Santamaria

Akioka Shironosuke

Mitsuo Yoshihara

Kawarabayashi Notonyudo

Ryota Bando

Kitagawara Yosaku

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Muhen

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Saika Magoroku

Ikkei Watanabe

Takayama Dario

Yoshimasa Kondo

Nakanishi Shinpachiro

Toshihiro Yashiba

Ikeda Izumi

Masatoshi Kihara

Nomura Tango

Yamato Kochi

Itami Ichirozaemon

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mori Kahei

Shusaku Kamikawa

Teraotoko

Oshirō Maeda

Kuriyama Zensuke

Crew

Art

• Tetsuo Harada Production Design
• Kouji Kiwanami Decorator

Camera

• Yasuyuki Sasaki Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Noriko Mashiba Costumer
• Koji Omura Makeup Artist

Crew

• Yukari Yaginuma Script

Directing

• Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director
• Atsushi Unno Assistant Director

Editing

• Kôichi Takahashi Editor

Lighting

• Hidenori Nagata Gaffer

Production

• Shigeaki Yoshida Executive Producer
• Yuichi Tsuji Executive Producer
• Satoko Ishida Producer
• Takuro Owaki Co-Producer
• Tetsuta Tone Development Manager
• Hirotaka Aragaki Development Manager
• Satoko Ishida Development Manager
• Takakazu Aiba Production Manager
• Kazunori Okada Line Producer
• Tomoya Yamada Production Manager

Sound

• Mikisuke Shimazu Sound Recordist
• Yoshihiro Hanno Original Music Composer
• Shinji Watanabe Sound Mixer
• Kenji Shibasaki Sound Effects
• Mami Takaishi Music Producer

Visual Effects

• Shûji Asano VFX Supervisor
• Jun Yokoishi Visual Effects Director

Writing

• Kiyoshi Kurosawa Screenplay
• Honobu Yonezawa Novel