Hakkenden

Hakkenden

2024
2h 29m
7.4

7.4/10

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Drama Fantasy War
Overview

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of ​​"rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?

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Revenue: $3,652,816

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kinoshita Group Kino Films unfilm
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

based on novel or book writer blindness jidaigeki edo period katsushika hokusai popular author kasei culture bakin kyokutei

Quick Facts

Original Title 八犬伝
Release Date October 1, 2024
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt33741205
Website Visit Site

Cast

Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho

Bakin Takizawa

Seiyo Uchino
Seiyo Uchino

Hokusai Katsushika

Tao Tsuchiya
Tao Tsuchiya

Fusehime

Keisuke Watanabe
Keisuke Watanabe

Shino Inuzuka

Jin Suzuki
Jin Suzuki

Sousuke Inukawa

Rihito Itagaki
Rihito Itagaki

Keno Inusaka

Koshi Mizukami
Koshi Mizukami

Genpachi Inukai

Koudai Matsuoka
Koudai Matsuoka

Daikaku Inumura

So Kaku
So Kaku

Kobungo Inuta

Maito Fujioka
Maito Fujioka

Shinbe Inue

Shuhei Uesugi
Shuhei Uesugi

Dousetsu Inuyama

Chiaki Kuriyama
Chiaki Kuriyama

Tamazusa

Key Crew

Fumihiko Sori
Director
Fumihiko Sori
Screenplay
Naoya Kinoshita
Executive Producer
Yumiko Yoshihara
Producer
Yukiko Tanigawa
Producer
Yumiko Takebe
Executive Producer