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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Benkei
1997 2h 26m JA
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
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Synopsis
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At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humiliated by his fellow monks and left the mountain monastery. Soon, Benkei competes with the Heike warriors on the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto and takes away their swords. One night he tried to stop a young man who had a beautiful sword on his belt and fought him, but he could not win. Knowing that this young man Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Heike clan, Benkei asks him to let him join him.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ken Matsudaira
Kōtarō Satomi
Makoto Fujita
Kazuhiko Nishimura
Narimi Arimori
Akiko Hinagata
Yoko Minamino
Sayuri Kokusho
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Akira Inoue
- Writers
- Motomu Furuta
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Ken Matsudaira and Kōtarō Satomi and Makoto Fujita carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Akira Inoue directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Ken Matsudaira and Kōtarō Satomi and Makoto Fujita carry the top of the cast.
- 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 146 min · 2h 26m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Akira Inoue
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Production companies
Who made it
TV Asahi
JP
Toei Company
JP
Key crew
- MusicMasahiro Kawasaki
- NovelTsuneo Tomita
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- jidaigeki
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1997-01-04
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