Banyuki (2010)

Banyuki 2010 / 蛮幽鬼 2010 / Ban'yuuki

The first of the GEKI × CINE (Gekishine) series in which a live performance is digitally shot and released in movie theaters. Theater company Gekidan Shinkansen brings us a period action piece using ‟The Count of Monte Cristo‟ theme with spectacular set designs and thrilling action sequences. Wrongfully accused, Dateno Domon is imprisoned until a man calling himself Zaji helps him escape. Domon seeks revenge on those who wronged him. But on his way, he runs into Mikoto (Inamori Izumi), a woman he once devoted his life to. A friend in the dark whispers----- To go for the road of revenge. The endless road to nowhere. Once upon a time. A story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one political administration. Domon Date is an innocent man confined in a prison island. After 10 years of imprisonment, he kept his sanity by dreaming of retaliating against those who framed him up. He breaks the prison with the help of a man incarcerated in the deepest corner of the prison island. The man identified himself as Saji. His steady road to revenge was obstructed by a woman named Mikoto, the once fiancée of his. Can Domon get his revenge? Who is the man who identified himself as Saji? What are the hidden thoughts of Mikoto? (Source: GEKIxCINE, JFDB)