is a 2003 Japanese film directed by

Hideyuki Hirayama is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film '' Maria's Stomach'' in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''The Games Teachers Play'' in 1992. In 1995, ''School Ghost Stories'' was a big hit and mad ...

Cast

* Yosuke Kubozuka as Shiro-Tokisada Amakusa * Kumiko Asō as Clara Oshina * Tetta Sugimoto as Yorinobu Tokugawa *

Arata Furuta is a Japanese theatre and film character actor. Biography Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to '' bushi'' in period drama roles, and even women. He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and oft ...

as Inshun Hozoin * Masaya Kato as Mataemon Araki * Kyozo Nagatsuka as Musashi Miyamoto * Kōichi Satō as Jubei Yagyu *

Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor. Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for '' Dotonbori River'' and ''Hearts and F ...

as Hozoin Inshun *

Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in the South Korean horror film '' The Wailing'', directed ...

Katsuo Nakamura is a Japanese actor. Nakamura is a former Kabuki actor as well as his older brother Kinnosuke Nakamura. His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Furisode Kenpo''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize ...

as Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami Munenori * Yōji Tanaka

References

External links

* 2003 films Films directed by Hideyuki Hirayama 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub