Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)

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• Movie: Iwane: Sword of Serenity (English title)
• Romaji: Inemuri Iwane
• Japanese: 居眠り磐音

• Director: Katsuhide Motoki
• Writer: Yasuhide Saeki (novel), Yuki Fujimoto
• Producer: Naoto Fujimura
• Cinematographer: Masahiko Yasuda
• Release Date: May 17, 2019
• Runtime: 121 min.
• Distributor: Shochiku
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Iwane Sakazaki (Tori Matsuzaka) has two childhood friends: Kinpei Kobayashi (Tasuku Emoto) and Shinnosuke Kawade (Yosuke Sugino). They received training at the same dojo. Kinpei Kobayashi’s younger sister Mai is married to Shinnosuke Kawade. Also Iwane Sakazaki will marry Nao (Kyoko Yoshine) who is the younger sister of Kinpei Kobayashi and Mai. The three friends are like brothers. Shinnosuke Kawade then hears a rumor that his wife Mai is having an affair and he kills her. Kinpei Kobayashi becomes enraged that his younger sister is murdered and kills Shinnosuke Kawade. To punish Kinpei Kobayashi, Iwane Sakazaki is ordered to kill his friend.