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An unprecedented, epic Warring States entertainment masterpiece! A man who believed in justice and pursued it, versus a man who loved power and was passionat...
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Sekigahara: Directed by Masato Harada. With Jun'ichi Okada, Kôji Yakusho, Kasumi Arimura, Takehiro Hira. A depiction of Japan's 17th Century Battle of Sekigahara where the Army of the East takes up arms against the Army of the West.
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- Drama, History, War
- Masato Harada
- 2017-08-26
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]
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
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...
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
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)
