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The battle has never been depicted in its entirety on screen, however, until Masato Harada tackled it for his new epic "Sekigahara," based on Ryotaro Shiba's classic three-volume historical...
Masato Harada (原田 眞人, Harada Masato, born July 3, 1949) is a Japanese film director, film critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to foreign audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless.
Sekigahara (関ヶ原) is a 2017 jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Masato Harada starring Junichi Okada as Ishida Mitsunari. [2] . The film recounts the Battle of Sekigahara, a six-hour battle in 1600 that brought an end to the Warring States era in Japanese history, as well as the political struggles that led up to it. [3] .
Sekigahara. NEW. One of the bloodiest battles in Japanese history plays out in a single day at Sekigahara, with the deaths of 30,000 people.
- History, Drama, War
Out of these wars emerged Oda Nobunaga, who practically unified the country but was betrayed and forced to commit suicide. His top lieutenant, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a common-born bumpkin, continued where his lord left off.
Aug 18, 2017 · Director Masato Harada finally completed his 25-year plan of making a movie based on the Battle of Sekigahara. The movie is based on Ryotaro Shiba’s novel Sekigahara , a bestseller which moved more than 6.2 million copies in total.
Jul 1, 2018 · 2017 | Japan | DIRECTOR: Masato Harada | WRITERS: Based on a novel by Ryōtarō Shiba | CAST: Junichi Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Takehiro Hira, Masahiro Higashide, Kōji Yakusho | DISTRIBUTOR: Toho, Asmik Ace, New York Asian Film Festival (US) | RUNNING TIME: 150 minutes | RELEASE DATE: 30 June 2018 (NYAFF)
