A Duel Tale (Hatashiai) 9 years old

Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuke, and elderly samurai forced to pick up his sword to protect those he loves in this adaptation of a Fujisawa Shuhei novel. As a ”Heya-zumi” (essentially a freeloader living off his family) Sanosuke has one last chance to help his grandniece escape from the cruel samurai of an arranged marriage. Nakadai proves he ”still has it,” when fate forces him into a deadly duel. This award winning samurai drama from the pen of noted author Fujisawa Shuhei is a tribute to one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen!

Credits

A Duel Tale Cast

Name Character
Tatsuya Nakadai He was 82, now 91 years old
Nanami Sakuraba She was 23, now 32 years old
Mieko Harada She was 56, now 65 years old
Eri Tokunaga She was 53, now 62 years old
Ryuki Takahashi He was 22, now 31 years old

A Duel Tale Crew

Name Department
Shuhei Fujisawa as Original Film Writer. Shuhei Fujisawa was 88 (70) years old when Shuhei Fujisawa died Writing
Masahiro Kobayashi as Screenplay. He was 61 (now 70) years old Writing
Takashi Kako as Music. He was 68 (now 77) years old Sound
Shigemichi Sugita as Director. He was 72 (now 81) years old Directing
A Duel Tale poster
A Duel Tale (9 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 31, 2015
  • Runtime: 94 minutes