A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Written by

Kikumi Yamagishi

Genres

Drama, History

Released

October 15, 2011

Runtime

2h 8m

Status

Released

Original title

一命

Language

Japanese

Countries

Japan, United Kingdom

Studios

Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, Recorded Picture Company, Sedic International, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Kodansha, Yahoo! Japan, Yamanashi Broadcasting System, Shochiku, dentsu, OLM, The Asahi Shimbun

Box office

$5,435,358