The Last Revenge

Name: The Last Revenge
Director: Takashi Minamoto
Released: 2011-02-26
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Nao Matsushita, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kinya Kitaoji

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The Last Revenge

*7.0

Status

Released

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Media House Sound Design

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2011-02-26

The Last Revenge

This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.