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Animated film.
The final chapter of director Mukai Hiroshi's trilogy on the theme of aging, in which "Going West" raised the issue of human memory and "Hometown" addressed the issue of the physical strength of the elderly. "Class Reunion" depicts the "gathering" that fills the feeling of loneliness in daily life. A man who left Japan for a foreign country during the chaos of the post-war period returns home for the first time in 60 years to spend the rest of his life in Japan, embarking on a journey with his former best friend to recapture the days of his youth.
One of Japan's favorite sword stars, Fujita Makoto, returns as the legendary Tange Sazen, the one-eyed, one-armed samurai who is a champion for the common people. Unflappable, except with the ladies, he fights evil in Shogun Yoshimune's Edo. The kokezaru no tsubo (earless monkey jar) has gone missing with a secret hidden inside that could change the course of history. All of Edo's top swordsmen, including Yagyu Genzaburo and Ooka Echizen are involved as villains pursue their evil quest! Superb swordplay highlights this exciting all-star extravaganza!
Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.
Facing off against corrupt businessmen and politicians lurking in the shadows of great evil, the members of the Tiger of Naniwa take a stand.
Tanuma and Nakamoto of Osaka Prefecture take an interest in the construction site of a massive amusement park. Minato, who is in charge of equipment installation work, is drawn in by his coworkers and carries out a plan to illegally obtain the land rights. As a result, an old group that had been trapped by the construction-site ownership rights is driven to suicide.Toranosuke Uiba returns to Osaka after a long absence, but is asked by his elderly granddaughter to return those rights. This tragic drama portrays the endless misfortune born from corruption in Osaka.