Sword of Desperation

Snow on the castle walls. A lone hawk circles. Sanzaemon, haunted by a past killing, trains with a wooden sword. His late wife's niece quietly tends the garden. Soon he must duel a master. A minor work of chambara that finds its intensity in character rather than action.

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Hideyuki Hirayama directed Sword of Desperation in 2010. See Hideyuki Hirayama's full filmography, where to start with Hideyuki Hirayama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hideyuki Hirayama.

Sword of Desperation was released in 2010 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.