2011 Cannes International Film Festival [In Competition]
2011-
A Japanese film was screened with great enthusiasm at the Cannes International Film Festival.
It was the long-awaited new film "Ichimei," directed by Takashi Miike, who became one of the world's most popular directors after his acclaimed "Thirteen Assassins" at the Venice International Film Festival the previous year.

The film's raging storyline,
the performances of the actors,
the unique visual beauty that overflows with tension,
and the shocking conclusion,
caused a stir among film professionals and journalists around the world,
and the standing ovation after the film's closing never ceased.

The film will be released in 41 countries around the world.
The best of Japanese cinema that shook the world is here.

Why did the man ask to commit seppuku?
What is the true purpose behind it?

Story]
It is the 17th century. The reign of the Tokugawa shogunate at the beginning of the Edo period seemed to have brought peace after the end of the Warring States period.
However, under the Tokugawa regime, there was a series of lords' houses being taken down one after another, and the practice of "kyogen seppuku" became popular among ronin, who had lost their jobs and homes and were in need of a place to live.
The ronin, who had lost their jobs and homes, were in dire need of a way out of their poverty. They would go to the houses of wealthy feudal lords and ask to be allowed to commit seppuku in their gardens, and the lords would give them jobs and money in exchange.
One day, a samurai asked to commit seppuku at the gate of the prestigious Iyi family.
His name was Hanshiro Tsugumo. Saito Kageyu, a retainer of the Iyi family, begins to tell the story of a young wanderer, Motome Chiziwa, who had visited the Iyi family a few months earlier and committed a ritual suicide by committing a ruse.
He recounts the cruel end of the young samurai who sold his sword, the lifeblood of the samurai, and turned it into takemitsu (bamboo sword), and without shame or shame, requested to commit seppuku. Hanshiro then begins to tell the astonishing truth.

[Cast]
Ebizo Ichikawa Eita
Hikari Mitsushima Naoto Takenaka Aoki Takashi Takashi Takashi Sasano Takashi Nakamura Umejaku / Koji Yakusho

[Staff]
Director: Takashi Miike "13 Assassins"
Original story: Yasuhiko Takiguchi (from "Ibun Ronin-ki" from "Ichimei" published by Kodansha Bunko)
Screenplay: Kikumi Yamagishi
Music: {{96ae40ac8cd649471340ccbcb5e 2ebbf}}, The Last Emperor, Sheltering Sky
Executive Producer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Departures, SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
Executive Producer: Jeremy Thomas, The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas in the Battlefield
Photography: Nobuyasu Kita
Lighting: Yoshi Watanabe
Recording: Jun Nakamura
Art: Yuji Hayashida
Decoration: Akira Sakamoto, Kazuto Kagoo
Costume Design: Kazuko Kurosawa
Editing: Kenji Yamashita
Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki
Production: SEDIC International
Production Support: OLM Raku-Eisha
Production: "Ichimei" Production Committee
Distribution: Shochiku

[Special Features]
- Making of Documentary and other programs
*DVD This is the same as the Special Edition's bonus DVD.
A monitor and player compatible with 3D are required to play the 3D feature film.