The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Tadanobu Asano
Shibasaki
Teruyuki Kagawa
Uji
Ryuhei Matsuda
Ikuta
Aoi Miyazaki
Hatsuyo Shibazaki
Koji Yakusho
Morisaku Furuta
Toru Nakamura
Usui Kojima
Yukijiro Hotaru
Kinsaku Iwamoto
Ichiro Hashimoto
Seizaburo Yoshida
Jun Kunimura
Seiichiro Yaguchi
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
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