The Last Revenge
- Movies
- 2011-02-26
- JA
- Released
- 2h 0m
- JP
Production
Media House Sound Design, TV Asahi, Horipro, Toei Studios Kyoto, elevengraphics
Storyline
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.