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Uzumasa Limelight

Uzumasa Limelight

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Drama   Action
📜 Overview: Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 2014-06-14
⌚ Running Time: 104 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.9

Beloved Cast

Seizō Fukumoto original image
Seiichi
Seizō Fukumoto
Chihiro Yamamoto original image
Satsuki iga
Chihiro Yamamoto
Hirotaro Honda original image
Kenichi Naganuma
Hirotaro Honda
Masashi Goda original image
Akihiko Kawashima
Masashi Goda
Rantaro Mine original image
Rantaro Mine
Asahi Kurizuka original image
Asahi Kurizuka
Michihiro Kinoshita original image
Michihiro Kinoshita
Yoshiyuki Shibata original image
Yoshiyuki Shibata
Kazuaki Tai original image
Kazuaki Tai
Boiru Nakajima original image
Boiru Nakajima
Anna Kawashima original image
Anna Kawashima
Shogen original image
Shogen
Shizuka Nakamura original image
Shizuka Nakamura
Hidekazu Ichinose original image
Hidekazu Ichinose
Hana Ebise original image
Hana Ebise
Sadao Nakajima original image
Sadao Nakajima
Sadao Nakajima
Daisaku Kadokawa original image
Daisaku Kadokawa
Hisako Manda original image
Mitsuru Tamura
Hisako Manda
Nenji Kobayashi original image
Nenji Kobayashi
Hiroki Matsukata original image
Hiroki Matsukata
Ayami Nakamura original image
Ayami Nakamura
Chihiro Tanaka original image
Chihiro Tanaka
Honoka Ishibashi original image
Nao Yamazaki
Honoka Ishibashi

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