Abacus and Sword

Abacus and Sword

2010 · 129 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

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.

Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita · Written by Michio Kashiwada

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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
Ichirôta Miyakawa

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