The Last Samurai (Japanese: 狼よ落日を斬れ, Hepburn: Ōkami yo Rakujitsu o Kire) is a 1974 Japanese period drama film, directed by Kenji Misumi. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sonootoko. The Last Samurai was Misumi's final film.
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Plot
Set at the end of the Edo period in Kyoto. Sugi, a young samurai, finds a new father in the person of Ikemoto, from whom he learns the art of the sword (Mugai ryu). Ikemoto, a spy in the pay of the Tokugawa shogun, sensing that the end of the samurai world is near, implores Sugi to stay away from the political struggles and violent conflicts. However, Sugi makes friends with four samurai. A ruthless fate is waiting for them.
Cast
Hideki Takahashi : Toranosuke Sugi
Ken Ogata : Hanjirō Nakamura / Kirino Toshiaki
Takahiro Tamura : Mohei Ikemoto
Masaomi Kondō : Hachiro Iba
Kiwako Taichi : Ohide
Keiko Matsuzaka : Reiko
Jūkei Fujioka as Murata
Teruhiko Saigō : Okita Sōji
Jirō Sakagami
Taketoshi Naito : Sugi Hirazaemon
Tōru Minegishi : Aizawa
Asao Sano : Kingoro Yamaguchi
Ryutaro Tatsumi : Takamori Saigo
Kenji Imai : Togo Naoji