「野火」「六月の蛇」の塚本晋也監督が、池松壮亮と蒼井優を迎えて描いた自身初の時代劇。250年にわたって続いてきた平和が、開国か否かで大きく揺れ動いた江戸時代末期。江戸近郊の農村を舞台に、時代の波に翻弄される浪人の男と周囲の人々の姿を通し、生と死の問題に迫る。文武両道で才気あふれる主人公の浪人を池松、隣人である農家の娘を蒼井が演じ、「野火」の中村達也、オーディションで抜擢された新人・前田隆成らが共演。「沈黙　サイレンス」など俳優としても活躍する塚本監督自身も出演する。2018年・第75回ベネチア国際映画祭コンペティション部門出品。

Director Shinya Tsukamoto, known for "Fires on the Plain" and "A Snake of June," directs his first period film, starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Yu Aoi. Set in the late Edo period, when 250 years of peace were shaken by the debate over whether to open the country to the outside world, the story unfolds in a farming village on the outskirts of Edo, following a ronin tossed about by the tides of the era and the people around him, confronting questions of life and death. Ikematsu plays the protagonist ronin—gifted in both letters and martial arts—while Aoi plays a neighboring farmer's daughter. They are joined by Tatsuya Nakamura of "Fires on the Plain" and newcomer Takanari Maeda, selected through an audition. Tsukamoto himself, who also acts in films such as "Silence," appears in the cast. The film was selected for the competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018.

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