The shogunate falls, the budget stays low.
The end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a turbulent era that shook Japan. Were the men who created the new era really heroes?
Acting
Jiro Sato commits to unhinged Takamori Saigo energy.
Direction
Fukuda's signature 'why is this working?' chaos.
Director
Yuichi Fukuda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fukuda built his career parodying jidaigeki conventions—this is his 'what if the whole genre was in on the joke?' thesis statement.
Kenichi Matsuyama playing a straight man here is wild casting given he WAS the grim serious Rurouni Kenshin villain—Fukuda's winking at his own audience.
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