When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003 film by Yōjirō Takita
Movie film Q4356108
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Summary

When the Last Sword Is Drawn is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn authored Jirō Asada[3].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn was directed by Yōjirō Takita[5].
  • Jirō Asada wrote the screenplay for When the Last Sword Is Drawn[6].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's composer is recorded as Joe Hisaishi[7].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's genre is historical prose literature[8].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Kiichi Nakai[9].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Kōichi Satō[10].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Yui Natsukawa[11].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Miki Nakatani[12].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Masato Sakai[13].
  • A cast member of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Atsushi Itō[14].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's director of photography is recorded as Takeshi Hamada[15].
  • The original language of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Japanese[16].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's Commons category is recorded as Seven Samurai[17].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn was distributed by video on demand[18].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's color is recorded as color[19].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's country of origin is recorded as Japan[20].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn was published on January 18, 2003[21].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn was released on November 4, 2002[22].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's distributed by is recorded as Shochiku[23].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[24].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's distributed by is recorded as Crunchyroll[25].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '壬生義士伝'}[26].
  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+137'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

When the Last Sword Is Drawn authored Jirō Asada[3]. It was directed by Yōjirō Takita[5]. Jirō Asada wrote the screenplay for it[6]. Cast members include Kiichi Nakai[9], Kōichi Satō[10], Yui Natsukawa[11], Miki Nakatani[12], Masato Sakai[13], and Atsushi Itō[14].

Publication

Publication dates include January 18, 2003[21] and November 4, 2002[22]. The original language of When the Last Sword Is Drawn was Japanese[16]. Its genre is historical prose literature[8]. It was distributed by video on demand[18].

Why It Matters

When the Last Sword Is Drawn ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 SID0028385
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  2. 4w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date +2003-01-18T00:00:00Z, +2002-11-04T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter Jirō Asada
    Duration {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+137'}
    Original language of film or tv show Japanese
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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