Directed by:
Yōjirō TakitaScreenplay:
Masato KatoCinematography:
Takeshi HamadaComposer:
Joe HisaishiPlots(1)
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of shogi who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
岡田准一
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Kiichi Nakai
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Ittoku Kishibe
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Takashi Sasano
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Ryûta Satô
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Dai Watanabe
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Ryuhei Higashiyama
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Kamejiro Ichikawa
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Yu Tokui
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横山裕
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笠原秀幸
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Hakuô Matsumoto II
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Satoshi Judai
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Takurō Kitagawa
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Tokuhisa Yamashita
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