Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 120 minutes
Iwane: Sword of Serenity, the adaptation of Yasuhide Saeki’s popular series of novels that has been sold over 20 million copies, is filled with beautiful photography and costumes, thrilling swordplay and charismatic performances.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Katsuhide MOTOKI Cast : Tori MATSUZAKA, Kyoko YOSHINE
Iwane (Tori Matsuzaka) returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai. Iwane begins living in a row house in Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.
Country(ies) : JAPAN