When the Last Sword Is Drawn
ActionDramaHistoryjapansamuraicivil warbased on novel or bookkyoto, japanjidaigekiedo periodhumanityshinsengumi19th centurybakumatsuboshin war
A historical drama about a samurai torn between duty to family and the collapse of his world, grounded in intimate human struggle amid Japan's turbulent transition.
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
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