The Hovering Blade (2009)
さまよう刃
Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
- Date of release
- 2009-10-10
- TMDB
- 8.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Shoichi Mashiko
Casting
- Akira Terao — Shigeki Nagamine
- Yutaka Takenouchi — Takashi Oribe
- Shirō Itō — Shinichi Mano
- Miki Sakai — Wakako Kijima
- Hatsuo Yamaya — Takaaki Kijima
- Ryosuke Okada
- Yuji Nakamura
- Houka Kinoshita
- Hatsunori Hasegawa
- Kouhei Kuroda
- Takahiro Sato
- Kenji Tominaga
Interesting facts
Samayou Yaiba (さまよう刃) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Shouichi Mashiko and produced by Toei based on the novel, Samayou Yaiba (2004) by Keigo Higashino. The film is also known under the English title The Hovering Blade.
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