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Uzumasa Limelight
Action, Drama - 2014
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Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Director:
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Ken Ochiai
Cast:
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Hirotaro Honda
,
Hiroki Matsukata
,
Seizō Fukumoto
,
Hisako Manda
,
Masashi Goda
,
Chihiro Yamamoto

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Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
14 Jun 2014
Country:
JP, US
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
None of this goes down with any real verve, though Kamiyama's wrinkled face is a small marvel of expressivity.
– Michael Nordine,
L.A. Weekly,
3 Dec 2014
fresh:
A cri de coeur on the samurai flicks of a bygone era, "Uzumasa Limelight" unfolds understatedly and movingly like something from Clint Eastwood at the top of his game.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec 2014
fresh:
Directing with an old-fashioned tenderness toward his unassuming star, Ken Ochiai conjures a swan song to a waning art form and those who practice it.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
4 Dec 2014
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