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Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku

IMDb ID: tt0339748 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 6.5 (187 votes)

Genres: Action · Comedy · Drama

A lively and rambunctious samurai who has made a successful living out there and developed quite a reputation returns to his hometown just in time for big things to go down. His methods are unconventional, but work. A town busines...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesWorld-wide: Vengeance for Sale (English)
Japan: 助太刀屋助六 (Japanese)
Vengeance for Sale
Release Date2002-02-16Runtime88 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews3Critic Reviews2Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsbased on novelProduction CompaniesFuji Television Network (Fuji TV)
Nikkatsu
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339748/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0339748.jpgUpdated At2025-10-21T23:42:08

Stars

Hiroyuki Sanada
Kyôka Suzuki
Takehiro Murata
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shingo Tsurumi
Hirotarō Honda
Kyôko Kishida
Keiju Kobayashi
Ittoku Kishibe
Tôru Kazama

Directors

Kihachi Okamoto

Writers

Kihachi Okamoto

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Hiroyuki Sanada | Character: Sukeroku Sukedachiya
Actor: Kyôka Suzuki | Character: Osen
Actor: Takehiro Murata | Character: Taro
Actor: Tatsuya Nakadai | Character: Umetaro Katakura
Actor: Shingo Tsurumi | Character: Shinkuro Wakiya
Actor: Hirotarō Honda | Character: Hotta
Actor: Kyôko Kishida | Character: Otome
Actor: Keiju Kobayashi | Character: Undertakert
Actor: Ittoku Kishibe | Character: Oribe Sakakibara
Actor: Tôru Kazama | Character: Okenosuke
Actor: Naoto Takenaka | Character: Enemy
Actor: Kyūsaku Shimada | Character: Enemy
Actor: Makoto Satô | Character: Enemy
Actor: Hiroko Isayama | Character: Revenger
Actor: Mami Okamoto | Character: Revenger
Actor: Tarô Kamakura | Character: Actor
Actor: Ken'ichi Takitô | Character: Actor
Actor: Akihiro Ôishi | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Kihachi Okamoto | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Kihachi Okamoto | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Masaya Nakamura | Role: Producer
Name: Yoshinobu Nishioka | Role: Producer
Name: Mineko Okamoto | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Yosuke Yamashita | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Yûdai Katô | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Akimasa Kawashima | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Yoshinobu Nishioka | Role: Production Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Mitsuyo Takasaki | Role: Makeup Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Kazushiko Yokono | Role: Sound Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Emi Fukuda | Role: Casting Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339748/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: November 4, 2001 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Japan: February 16, 2002

Awards

Winner | 2003 | Kinema Junpo Awards | Kinema Junpo Award | Best Actor | Hiroyuki Sanada, The Twilight Samurai, Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku
Winner | 2003 | Mainichi Film Concours | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Actor | Hiroyuki Sanada, The Twilight Samurai, Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku
Winner | 2002 | Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Actress | Ryôma no tsuma to sono otto to aijin, Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku, Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu!, Mokuyo kumikyoku

Box Office

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