Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood

2024 1h 51m JA

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9.5

MASTERPIECE

★9.5TMDB · 6

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Synopsis

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When he was young, Hasegawa Hirakawa was taken care of by the daughter of an izakaya, who wanted to become a secret agent. Although Hirakawa gave up this wish, Asami began to explore independently for the thief, Kogawara, the murderer, and the net cutter, who Hirakawa was looking for. Although he successfully entered the group of the uncle of the murderer, he fell into a desperate crisis.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Matsumoto Kōshirō X
Heizou Hasegawa
Somegoro Ichikawa
Tetsusaburo Hasegawa (Young Onihei)
Nobuko Sendo
Yuri Nakamura
Shōhei Hino
Yasukaze Motomiya
Yōsuke Asari
Jundai Yamada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomohiko Yamashita
Writers: Sumio Ōmori
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Part of the "Samurai Detective Onihei (2024)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomohiko Yamashita, shot by Shôji Ehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor NOZAWA Hitomi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Matsumoto Kōshirō X and Somegoro Ichikawa and Nobuko Sendo carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomohiko Yamashita directs. Shôji Ehara behind the camera. NOZAWA Hitomi cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Part of the "Samurai Detective Onihei (2024)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Tomohiko Yamashita, shot by Shôji Ehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor NOZAWA Hitomi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Matsumoto Kōshirō X and Somegoro Ichikawa and Nobuko Sendo carry the top of the cast.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Shôji Ehara
Editing: NOZAWA Hitomi
VFX supervisor: Katsuro Onoue
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA

Part of

Samurai Detective Onihei (2024)

Based on the masterpiece "Samurai Detective Onihei" by renowned historical novelist Shotaro Ikenami, the series stars Koshiro Matsumoto as Agent Heizou Hasegawa.