Based on a best-selling novel by Shuhei Fujisawa, veteran director Yoji Yamada's 77th movie is a multiple-award winning period film set in the last years of Japan's Edo period (mid 19th century) where a poor Samurai named Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) struggles to support his family. Through the climatic showdown between him and another Samurai, the film offers a fascinating glimpse into the intriguing chapter in Japan's history where the samurai way started to collapse under the weight of Westernization. Custom case.