Hakkenden

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Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of ​​"rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?

Creators

Fumihiko Sori

director

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Fūtarō Yamada

writer

Fumihiko Sori

writer

Cast

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Kōji Yakusho actor Seiyo Uchino actor Tao Tsuchiya actor Keisuke Watanabe actor Jin Suzuki actor

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Rihito Itagaki actor Koshi Mizukami actor

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Koudai Matsuoka actor

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Sō Kaku actor

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Maito Fujioka actor Shuhei Uesugi actor Chiaki Kuriyama actor Hayato Isomura actor Haru Kuroki actor Shinobu Terajima actor

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Yuumi Kawai actor

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Danshun Tatekawa actor Shidō Nakamura actor

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Ukon Onoe actor