The Last Revenge
MovieTitle | 遺恨あり 明治十三年 最後の仇討 |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Feb 26, 2011 |
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Director | Takashi Minamoto |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Media House Sound Design, TV Asahi, Horipro, Toei Studios Kyoto, elevengraphics |
Run time | 120 min. |
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.