Goemon (2009)

2009 film by Kazuaki Kiriya

Released

2009

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Genre

Ninja film

Director

Kazuaki Kiriya

Screenplay

Kazuaki Kiriya

Producer

Kazuaki Kiriya, Takashige Ichise

Music

Akihiko Matsumoto

Cinematography

Kazuaki Kiriya

Editing

Kazuaki Kiriya

Starring

Yōsuke Eguchi, Takao Ōsawa, Ryōko Hirosue, Choi Hong-man, Eiji Okuda, Gori, Kazuaki Kiriya, Susumu Terajima

Running time

128 minutes

Production company

Dentsu, Eisei Gekijo Company, Hot Toys

Distributor

Shochiku, Netflix

Box office

$14.5 million

Budget

$9 million

Goemon (Japanese: 五右衛門) is a 2009 Japanese action film written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. It is loosely based on the story of Ishikawa Goemon, a legendary outlaw hero who stole valuables from the rich and gave them to the poor. The film is a fictional account of Goemon's exploits and his role during the final phase of Sengoku period, particularly the period leading up to the decisive Battle of Sekigahara. Like Kiriya's previous film, Casshern, Goemon was filmed on a digital backlot, and made use of over 2,500 visual effects.

Goemon was released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Funimation on April 19, 2011, and features an English dubbed audio track.

Cast

• Yōsuke Eguchi
• Takao Ōsawa
• Ryōko Hirosue
• Choi Hong-man
• Eiji Okuda
• Gori
• Kazuaki Kiriya
• Susumu Terajima
• Tetsuji Tamayama
• Travis Willingham
• Troy Baker
• Takeru Satō
• Mayuko Fukuda
• Jun Kaname
• Masatō Ibu
• Erika Toda
• Mikijirō Hira

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q137984 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.