Cast:
Yosuke Eguchi as Ishikawa Goemon
Takao Osawa as Saizo
Kaname Jun as Mitsunari Ishida
Terajima Susumu as Hattori Hanzo
Hirosue Ryoko as Chacha
Raised by Nobunaga as shinobi, Goemon grows deep loyalty to the big man. He came from noble family, but he saw his father committed seppuku in front of him, while his mother was slaughtered after sending him away. Nobunaga asked Hattori Hanzou to teach Goemon to be a ninja. Together with his fellow, Saizou, Goemon worked his best to be a great warrior. Nobunaga trusted him to take care of his niece, Chaca-sama.After Nobunaga sama died, Goemon felt sick of the world of powerful and choose a freedom. He, then, become a chivalrous thief. One day, he enters a mansion and takes a lot including a beautiful blue box. As always, he spreads all the things he stole to the poor. Koheita, a poor boy with a sich mother, is happy to get the box.
However, it's not just a box, it's a Pandora box. Goemon had entered the mansion of Akechi Mitsuhide
As Goemon finds it, his carefree live is over. Mitsunari Ishida, one of Hideyoshi's shoguns, assigns Saizo to find the box. When two best friends meet again, it's hard not to let feeling interfere the job. Saizo is almost killing his best friend when Hattori Hanzo helps Goemon. He also buys the box from Goemon. Hanzo works for Tokugawa Ieyasu who calmly waiting for the perfect chance to be the number one.
However, Goemon has already realized the meaning of the agreement and decides to kill Hideyoshi. On the other side, Mitsunari is also working on coup d'etat. He commands Saizo as the slaughter. But, Saizo is captured and when Goemon saves him, Mitsunari kills Saizo's wife. He also threats Saizo to keep silent in front of Hideyoshi. The Taiko holds Saizo's son and gets Saizo to surrender.
In front of the town's people, Saizo claims himself as Goemon and protests how Government has only thinking of their own mouth and let people suffer. Hideyoshi pushes Saizo into boiled water along with his little boy.
Seeing his best friend killed so tragically, Goemon once again tries to kill Hideyoshi. When the Taiko dies, it begins another war. Mitsunari and Tokugawa are making contest to take the top.
This movie is superb. It's like seeing NHK's dorama in 2 hours. There are so many stars even though they just have minor roles. Let's see, are you familiar with Erika Toda, Takeru Sato, Tamayama Tetsuji, or Mayumi Sada? Yeah, I only writes the young actor/actress. Lol.
This is the second time I watched Kiriyaki sensei's movie. And I think he improves a lot. There are some scenes that look like Cassern, but this one is more fantastic. The interpretation of Hideyoshi's era is amazing. Not to mention the actors choose for every role. It fits my imagination,
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