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Abacus and Sword
Abacus and Sword

ABACUS AND SWORD

Bushi no Kakeibo

Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
Japan, 2010
Drama

Synopsis

A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai.

Synopsis

A film adaptation of the book by Isoda Michifumi, in which he paints a picture of life in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate, based on his painstaking analysis of the household accounts left behind by a low ranking samurai.