“The Samurai and The Prisoner”is the new Japan-produced historical drama mystery feature, written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa based on the novel by Honobu Yonezawa, starring Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, and Ryota Miyadate, now playing in theaters:
“…during the ‘Azuchi’ era, ‘Araki Murashige’, a samurai who served ‘Oda Nobunaga’, eventually rebelled against his lord and barricaded himself within ‘Arioka Castle’.
“…during the ‘Azuchi’ era, ‘Araki Murashige’, a samurai who served ‘Oda Nobunaga’, eventually rebelled against his lord and barricaded himself within ‘Arioka Castle’.
“As the siege wore on, a bafflingly brutal murder occurred inside the castle walls. With no one able to solve the crime, fears and tensions are rising.
“Murashige turned to a man he himself had cast into a dungeon: ‘Kuroda Kanbei’, regarded as one of the greatest military strategists of the ‘Sengoku’ period…
“…and he begins to help Murashige to solve the crime.”
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