The Last Revenge

遺恨あり 明治十三年 最後の仇討

This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.

Director

源孝志

Screenplay

源孝志

Novela

吉村昭

Screenplay

後藤法子

Status

Released

Release date

26/02/2011

Original language

Japanese