Release Date

27 Feb, 2026

Runtime

02:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In January 1810 in Edo, Kikunosuke, the 17-year-old-son of a murdered samurai, takes revenge on his father's murderer, Sakubai, who was his father's former retainer. Kikunosuke gloriously defeats the swaggering Sakubai in single combat in front of a theater, witnessed by a huge audience that had just finished watching a production of 47 Ronin. With Sakubai's severed head, Kikunosuke has achieved his revenge and ensured that his family won't be exiled. 18 months later, a ronin named Soichiro Kase from Kikunosuke's domain arrives at the theater. While he seems silly and smooth-talking, he's very keen on finding out more about the incident and Kikunosuke's time working at the theater. The theater's staff – the barker Ippachi, the swordsmanship teacher Sagara, the costumer Hotaru, the craftsman Kyuzo, and the playwright Kinji – are apprehensive and suspicious at his digging. However, not everything is as it seems.

Original Title

木挽町のあだ討ち

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Actors

柄本佑

渡辺謙

長尾謙杜

北村一輝

瀬戸康史

滝藤賢一

山口馬木也

愛希れいか

イモトアヤコ

野村周平

高橋和也

正名僕蔵

石橋蓮司

沢口靖子

冨家ノリマサ

本田博太郎

Crew

源孝志

永井紗耶子

源孝志

小嶋雄嗣

福島一貴

森洋亮

勝俣まさとし

田中貴志

西片友樹

宮村敏正

山下みどり

大塚満

小泉圭司

西村憲昭