The Hidden Blade
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The Hidden Blade is a 2004 Japanese samurai drama film directed by Yoji Yamada, known for its restrained, humanistic portrayal of a low-ranking samurai facing social change in mid-19th-century Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hidden Blade canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13455825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hidden Blade Context triple: [Min Tanaka, notableWork, The Hidden Blade]
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A.
Catspaw dagger
The Catspaw dagger is a distinctive Valyrian steel and dragonglass blade in the world of Game of Thrones, famed for its role in key assassination attempts and later wielded by Arya Stark in pivotal moments.
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B.
Dragonblade
Dragonblade is Genji's iconic energy-infused katana in Overwatch, unleashed as his ultimate ability to deliver swift, devastating melee strikes.
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C.
Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood
Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood is a highly coveted epic two-handed sword from World of Warcraft, renowned among players as one of the iconic weapon drops from the Blackwing Lair raid.
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D.
The Weapon
The Weapon is a film featuring American actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century crime and drama movies.
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E.
Razor Fist
Razor Fist is a Marvel Comics-inspired assassin and enforcer character known for his bladed arms, notably appearing as a formidable opponent in the film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hidden Blade Target entity description: The Hidden Blade is a 2004 Japanese samurai drama film directed by Yoji Yamada, known for its restrained, humanistic portrayal of a low-ranking samurai facing social change in mid-19th-century Japan.
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A.
Catspaw dagger
The Catspaw dagger is a distinctive Valyrian steel and dragonglass blade in the world of Game of Thrones, famed for its role in key assassination attempts and later wielded by Arya Stark in pivotal moments.
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B.
Dragonblade
Dragonblade is Genji's iconic energy-infused katana in Overwatch, unleashed as his ultimate ability to deliver swift, devastating melee strikes.
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C.
Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood
Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood is a highly coveted epic two-handed sword from World of Warcraft, renowned among players as one of the iconic weapon drops from the Blackwing Lair raid.
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D.
The Weapon
The Weapon is a film featuring American actor Steve Cochran, known for his tough-guy roles in mid-20th-century crime and drama movies.
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E.
Razor Fist
Razor Fist is a Marvel Comics-inspired assassin and enforcer character known for his bladed arms, notably appearing as a formidable opponent in the film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ samurai film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short stories by Shuhei Fujisawa ⓘ |
| castMember |
Hidetaka Yoshioka
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Kunie Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Masatoshi Nagase ⓘ Takako Matsu ⓘ Tomoko Tabata ⓘ Yukiyoshi Ozawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mutsuo Naganuma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | positive ⓘ |
| depicts |
decline of the samurai class
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impact of Westernization on Japan ⓘ |
| director | Yoji Yamada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Shochiku ⓘ |
| editedBy | Iwao Ishii ⓘ |
| followedBy | Love and Honor ⓘ |
| genre |
period drama
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samurai drama ⓘ |
| leadActor | Masatoshi Nagase ⓘ |
| leadActress | Takako Matsu ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Munezo Katagiri ⓘ |
| musicBy | Isao Tomita ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
humanistic
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restrained ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on everyday concerns over battlefield heroics
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realistic depiction of samurai life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Yoji Yamada samurai trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Twilight Samurai ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shochiku ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | low-ranking samurai ⓘ |
| releaseDateJapan | 2004-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 132 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Yoji Yamada
NERFINISHED
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Yoshitaka Asama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | rural Japan ⓘ |
| settingTime | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
class differences
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duty and honor ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ social change ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hidden Blade Description of subject: The Hidden Blade is a 2004 Japanese samurai drama film directed by Yoji Yamada, known for its restrained, humanistic portrayal of a low-ranking samurai facing social change in mid-19th-century Japan.
Referenced by (1)
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