Statement of responsibility partially from the English subtitled credits. Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Koji Kikkawa, Naho Toda, Megumi Seki, Jun Murakami. Based on the novel by Fujisawa Shūhei. Originally released as a motion picture in 2010. Extras: theatrical trailers; program notes; image gallery.
Summary:
Expert swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon is, first and foremost, a man of principle. In order to save his clan from the corrupting influence of his lord's favorite concubine, he publicly assassinates her, fully expecting it will result in his own death by seppuku. Instead, he is sentenced to solitary confinement for an entire year, then released under one inexplicable condition: he must now serve as the lord's bodyguard.
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