27 Oct 1998
Samurai Fiction
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
As You Like It
Romance...or something like it.
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.
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Romola Garai Celia
Kevin Kline Jaques
Bryce Dallas Howard Rosalind
Adrian Lester Oliver De Boys
Janet McTeer Audrey
Alfred Molina Touchstone
David Oyelowo Orlando De Boys
Jimmy Yuill Corin
Brian Blessed Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
Richard Briers Adam
Takuya Shimada Geisha
Richard Clifford Le Beau
Gerard Horan Denis
Nobuyuki Takano Charles
Paul Chan William
Alex Wyndham Silvius
Jade Jefferies Phoebe
Jotham Annan Jaques De Boys
Jonathan Broadbent Duke Senior's man
Justin Hoong-Fai Chan Duke Senior's Man
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