Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish

20250 JA

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9.1

MASTERPIECE

★9.1TMDB · 7

TV MovieDramaAction

Synopsis

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Master thief Kinosuke arrives in Edo to pull off one final heist for a tea-server who resembles his long-lost love, while Hasegawa Heizo’s spy Kumehachi tries to stop him, only to be exposed and trapped alongside the thief by Kinosuke's own crew.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Matsumoto Kōshirō X
Heizou Hasegawa
Soko Wada
Yuri Nakamura
Shōhei Hino
Yasukaze Motomiya
Yōsuke Asari
Jundai Yamada
Yuki Kubota

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomohiko Yamashita
Writers: Sumio Ōmori, Shotaro Ikenami
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released last year.

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CRAFT

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ryo Yoshimata. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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CAST

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Matsumoto Kōshirō X and Soko Wada and Yuri Nakamura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tomohiko Yamashita directs. Yasuhiko Minamino behind the camera. Ryo Yoshimata scores. NOZAWA Hitomi cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Part of the "Samurai Detective Onihei (2024)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Tomohiko Yamashita, shot by Yasuhiko Minamino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ryo Yoshimata. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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 Soko Wada and Yuri Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
7Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yasuhiko Minamino
Original score: Ryo Yoshimata
Editing: NOZAWA Hitomi
Production design: Tomoko Kurata
VFX supervisor: Katsuro Onoue
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.