Movie: The Samurai That Night (English title)
Romaji: Sono Yoru no Samurai
Japanese: その夜の侍
Director: Masaaki Akahori
Writer: Masaaki Akahori
Producer: Keiko Fujimura, Keisuke Konishi, Hirohumi Shigemura, Hiromitsu Sugita
Cinematographer: Yuta Tsukinaga
Release Date: November 17, 2012
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Suspense-Thriller / Crime / Award Winning
Distributor: Phantom Film
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Kenichi Nakamura (Masato Sakai) runs a small ironworks, but since he lost his wife (Maki Sakai) in a hit and run car accident 5 years ago his life has become mundane. Meanwhile, Kijima (Takayuki Yamada), who committed the hit and run accident, finishes his prison term and is released from prison. As time passes, a threatening letter arrives for Kijima. People around Kenichi try to stop him, but on the anniversary of his wife's death these two people meet to confront each other.
Notes
Filming took place from September 28 - October, 2011.
Cast
Masato Sakai as Kenichi Nakamura
Takayuki Yamada as Hiroshi Kijima
Hirofumi Arai as Junichi Aoki
Gou Ayano as Hideaki Kobayashi
Maki Sakai as Hisako Nakamura
Tomorowo Taguchi as Nobuo Hoshi
Mitsuki Tanimura as Yumiko Seki
Tsutomu Takahashi as Kohei Kubo
Kinuwo Yamada as Sachiko Kawamura
Sakura Ando as Mika
Additional Cast Members:
Haruka Kinami - Akiko Kobayashi
Denden - Susumu Sato
Rie Minemura - snack bar owner
Katsuya Kobayashi - old man at snack bar
Daisuke Kuroda - Taniminoru