Gokenin Zankuro
8/10
| Release Date | 1999-05-19 |
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| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Genres | Drama |
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| Directors |
| Release Date | 1999-05-19 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Genres | Drama |
| Stars | |
| Directors |
Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.
