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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: ANM-DV-1698
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 737187016981
- Street Date: 01/18/22
- PreBook Date: 12/14/21
- Label: AnimEigo »
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Run Time: 114 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: 5.1 SURROUND
- Year of Production: 2010
- Region Code: 1
- Box Lot: 0
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: Japanese
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Etsushi TOYOKAWA as KANEMI Sanzaemon
- Chizuru IKEWAKI as Rio
- Kouji KIKKAWA as Obiya
- Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
Product Assets
Sword of Desperation
Despite publicly assassinating his lord's favorite concubine, an expert swordsman becomes his bodyguard.
- List Price: $24.95
- Your Price: $24.95
- In Stock: 171
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In order to save his fief, expert swordman KANEMI Sanzaemon publicly assassinates his lord's favorite concubine. Instead of being beheaded, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for one year, then ordered to serve as the lord's bodyguard. This tale of honor, intrigue and deception inevitably ends in bloodshed and betrayal.
Media
Bonus Materials
- Program Notes, Image Gallery, Theatrical Trailers,
Sales Points
- Winner, Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor, Etsushi TOYOKAWA
- Based on the novel by Shohei FUJISAWA, author of the Oscar-nominated 'The Twilight Samurai'
- Directed by Hideyuki HIRAYAMA, Director of the year winner of Japan Academy Film Prize
Press Quotes
'This film is sheer excellence from top to bottom'
—About Heroes
'What makes Sword of Desperation special in this reviewer's eyes is its magnificent conclusion.'
—DC Film Review
'If you're a bushido junkie, there's probably no better film for you than Sword of Desperation'
—Washington City Paper
