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Abacus and Sword
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
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Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Michifumi Isoda, Michio Kashiwada
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Runtime:129 minutes
Studio:Shochiku, dentsu, Yahoo! Japan, TV Asahi, Eisei Gekijo, Sumitomo Corporation, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Cast
Yoshimitsu Morita
Director
Masato Sakai
Naoyuki Inoshiyama
Yukie Nakama
Koma Inoshiyama
Keiko Matsuzaka
Tsune Inoshiyama
Masahiko Nishimura
Yosohachi Nishihisashi
Mitsuko Kusabue
Obabasama
Yuki Ito
Shigeyuki Inoshiyama
Mina Fujii
Sei Inoshiyama
Kaito Oyagi
Naokichi Inoshiyama
Masatoshi Nakamura
Nobuyuki Inoshiyama
Yura Arata
Masa Takenaka
Kyusaku Shimada
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