An honest, low-ranking samurai, Munezo Katagiri finds himself buffeted by the confusion of old and new in mid-19thcentury Japan. Facing outside pressure, the Shogunate is trying to open Japan to the West and some carefully selected Western ways, while…
Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada — who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series — directs this good-natured drama set in the waning years of the Edo period (1600-1867). Seibei (Hiroyuki…
