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A Samurai Chronicle is a film of genre Drama directed by Takashi Koizumi with Kōji Yakusho
A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
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Add to a movie listA Samurai Chronicle (蜩ノ記, Higurashi no Ki) is a 2014 Japanese film directed by Takashi Koizumi.
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A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life. A squire is sent by the prime minister of Japan to keep watch over him.Actors
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