A Duel Tale (Hatashiai) 8 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

Tatsuya Nakadai as

Nanami Sakuraba as

Mieko Harada as

Eri Tokunaga as

Ryuki Takahashi as

A Duel Tale Cast

Name	Character
Tatsuya Nakadai He was 82, now 91 years old
Nanami Sakuraba She was 23, now 31 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 80) years old	Directing

A Duel Tale (8 years)

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