Completed - JAPANESE, ENGLISH - Drama, Action/Adventure, Romance - 134 minutes
Stray Nightingale, no where to return...
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Hidenori INOUE, Takuji IZUMI Writer(s) : Yutaka KURAMOCHI Cast : Arata FURUTA, Izumi INAMORI, Shunsuke DAITO
The latest film by the hit theatre company GEKIDAN⭐︎SHINKANSEN. An all new hybrid entertainment, combined with live theatre and film.Juzaburo (Arata Furuta), known as a chivalrous thief, is one day betrayed by his henchman and his entire gang is slaughtered. The gravely wounded Juzuaburo escapes and is saved by Inspector Sadaemon (Ryosuke Otani) and a couple, Kansuke (Macoto Awane) and Okayo (Izumi Inamori), who runs a tavern. There, Juzuaburo retires from the trade and changes his name to Genzaburo. Few peaceful years goes, by then Kansuke dies from an illness. Genzaburo helps Okayo to run the prosperous tavern. One night, a local police chief Katsunosuke (Shunsuke Daitoh) inquires about a bandit named Sunakichi (Jun Hashimoto). Genzaburo realizes that Katsunosuke is the son of the man who saved his life years ago. Genzaburo comes up with a plan to repay his debt, but doesn't know what the future holds…
Country(ies) : JAPAN
Tokyo 2016 (Official Selection- Special Screening)Shanghai 2017 (Panorama Selection)Asian Dallas 2017 (Audience Award)Sitges 2017 (Noves Plus Closing)