Mibu gishi den

Name: Mibu gishi den
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2003-01-18
Duration: 2 h 23 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani

IMDb ID: tt0359692 · Year: 2003 · Rating: 7.4 (5,497 votes)

Genres: Drama · History

A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Canada: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
United Kingdom: When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Ireland: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
India: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
New Zealand: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
United States: When the Last Sword Is Drawn
World-wide: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
South Africa: When the Last Sword Is Drawn (English)
Brazil: A Última Espada
Portugal: A Última Espada
Hungary: Az utolsó kardvágás
Germany: Der letzte Feldzug der Samurai
Poland: Kiedy dobyto ostatni miecz (Alternative Title)
Brazil: O Samurai Do Entardecer (DVD Title)
Poland: Ostatni miecz
Greece: Otan epese to teleftaio spathi... (DVD Title)
Germany: The Last Sword - Die Wölfe von Mibu (DVD Title)
Ukraine: Коли впав останній меч (new title)
Russia: Последний меч самурая
Japan: 壬生義士伝 (Japanese)
Taiwan: 壬生義士傳
Коли впав останній мечContent RatingNot RatedRelease Date2003-01-18Runtime143 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews47Critic Reviews12Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordssamurai action
shinsengumi
samurai
honor
japanese historyFilming LocationsNanbu, Aomori, JapanProduction CompaniesTV Tokyo
Television Osaka (TVO)
DENTSU Music And EntertainmentOfficial SitesOfficial site (Japan) - http://www.shochiku.co.jp/mibugishi/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359692/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0359692.jpgUpdated At2025-06-17T08:07:06

Directors

Yōjirō Takita

Writers

Jirô Asada
Takehiro Nakajima

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Kiichi Nakai | Character: Kanichiro Yoshimura
Actor: Kôichi Satô | Character: Hajime Saitô
Actor: Yui Natsukawa | Character: Shizu, Mitsu
Actor: Takehiro Murata | Character: Chiaki Ono
Actor: Miki Nakatani | Character: Nui
Actor: Yûji Miyake | Character: Jiroemon Ono
Actor: Masayoshi Haneda | Character: Actor
Actor: Yoshinori Hiruma | Character: Shinpachi Nagakura
Actor: Keisuke Horibe | Character: Yasunoshin Shinohara
Actor: Atsushi Itô | Character: Young Chiaki Ono
Actor: Hideaki Itô | Character: Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Actor: Ryô Kase | Character: Shûhei Kondô
Actor: Momo Nakayama | Character: Young Mitsu Yoshimura
Actor: Eugene Nomura | Character: Toshizô Hijikata
Actor: Ayumu Saitô | Character: Kashitaro Itô
Actor: Masato Sakai | Character: Sôji Okita
Actor: Sansei Shiomi | Character: Isami Kondô
Actor: Kôji Tsukamoto | Character: Sonoyama
Actor: Sora Tôma | Character: Kaichirô Yoshimura
Actor: Dai Watanabe | Character: Actor
Actor: Tatsuo Yamada | Character: Sasuke
Actor: Akihiro Ôishi | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Yōjirō Takita | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Jirô Asada | Role: Writer
Name: Takehiro Nakajima | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Nozomi Enoki | Role: Producer
Name: Hideji Miyajima | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Joe Hisaishi | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Takeshi Hamada | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Nobuko Tomita | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Kyôko Heya | Role: Production Designer

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Kimiyoshi Adachi | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Osamu Onodera | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Tatsuya Osada | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Music Department]
Name: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Yuta Morokaji | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359692/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: November 4, 2002 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Japan: January 18, 2003
France: May 16, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival)
Russia: June 22, 2003 (Moscow Film Festival)
Australia: November 1, 2003 (Canberra International Film Festival)
South Korea: December 12, 2003
Norway: January 14, 2004 (DVD premiere)
Iceland: August 5, 2004 (video premiere)
United Kingdom: December 17, 2004 (limited)
Ireland: December 17, 2004
Hungary: December 19, 2007 (DVD premiere)

Awards

Box Office