八犬伝 (2024)

Director: Sori Fumihiko
Screenwriter: Sori Fumihiko
Starring: Yakusho Koji / Uchino Masaaki / Tsuchiya Tao / Watanabe Keisuke / Suzuki Jin / More...
Genre: Drama / History
Official website: https://www.hakkenden.jp
Country of production: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release date: 2024-10-25 (Japan)
Length: 149 minutes
IMDb: tt33741205

Plot introduction · · · · · ·
This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Fuutarou Yamada. It consists of two parts: "Hollow", which tells the story of the battle of eight young swordsmen drawn by fate to break the curse imposed by the Satomi family, and "Real", which describes the true story of the writer Takizawa Bakin who wrote 180 episodes in 28 years. Yakusho Koji plays the protagonist Bakin, and Uchino Seiyo plays his good friend, the painter Katsushika Hokusai. Isomura Yuto plays Makin's son Sohaku, Kuroki Hana Sohaku's wife Lu, Materajima Shinobu plays Makin's wife Momo, and Tsuchiya plays Fukihime, who controls the fate of the Eight Dog Warriors in the "Hollow" part.