Hidden Sword Ghost Claw (2004) is the second installment of Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy:

At the end of the shogunate, the storms were turbulent:
The samurai began to practice foreign guns and cannons, and made a lot of jokes:
Traditional values are not completely discarded -
What about the rebel shogunate, he is my friend!
The old man wants Kataki to solve the jailbreak friend:
Is this the order of the clan?
The answer is yes.
As a samurai, Katakichi had no choice.
Bitterly advise friends to cut their stomachs, according to the law, so that they can still maintain honor:
The narrow space refused, and the two sides began to duel:
The old man deceived the wife of the narrow room, saying that he would leave the life of the small room, and deceived P successfully.
The old man was shameless: she seduced me with her beauty, and I couldn't resist.
The wife of the narrow room committed suicide in shame...
Legendary Hidden Sword Ghost Claw:
The feeling is a dark weapon, but it is not as mysterious as a martial arts novel.
The assassination scene is rather bizarre:
The ending is very warm, giving up the samurai status, the husband and wife both return home:
Masatoshi Nagase, who starred in the film Kirito, starred in Jamush's "Mysterious Train" in 1989, was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes, and became internationally famous at the age of 23:
The most impressive thing is that Masatoshi Nagase played the lighter very smoothly and skillfully:
Could it be that this is the reason that makes him the male protagonist of the Hidden Sword Ghost Claw?