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2011 Japanese Film with English sub titles. The film is an adaptation of Manabu Makime's 2009 novel which was nominated for the Naoki prize and has drawn comparisons to Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" for its historical mystery motif. Haruka Ayase, Masaki Okada, and Shinichi Tsutsumi play a team of elite accountants from the National Audit Bureau in Tokyo, the department responsible for reviewing the final accounts of national expenditures and revenues. During their review, they stumble upon a secret which has remained closely guarded for over 400 years. Long ago, before Japan was unified under one rule, the Toyotomi Clan clashed with Tokugawa Ieyasu and were eventually defeated in the Tokugawa shogunate's Siege of Osaka. In the film's alternate version of history, descendants of the Toyotomi Clan were actually hidden away and protected by Osakan citizens, leading to a bizarre situation in which Osaka could actually be considered an independent country.Director: Masayuki Suzuki Writers: Manabu Makime (novel), Tomoko Aizawa (screenplay) Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Masaki Okada | See full cast and crew
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