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Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Directed by Hideo Gosha
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Overview
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate’s guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Tetsurō Tamba | Isamu Nagato | Mikijiro Hira | Miyuki Kuwano | Yoshiko Kayama | Kyoko Aoi | Kamatari Fujiwara | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Jun Tatara | Toshie Kimura | ôko Mihara | Hisashi Igawa | Ichirô Izawa | Kichijirô Ueda | Nakajirô Tomita | Bokuzen Hidari | Mitsuo Nagata | Hiroshi Mugiyama | Hisashi Imabashi | Sakae Umezu | Junkichi Orimoto | Yoshirô Aoki | Saburo Hoshiki | Jun Ooi | Saburô Kumoi | Hajime Miyazawa | Kyôichi Satô | Keiichi Taki | Kinto Tamura | Kenzô Tanaka
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/12/2016 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
The story felt very familiar and then half way through I realized I’d watched a Hong Kong martial arts film, likely Shaw Brothers, that was very heavily based on this. Nice to see the original, which is admittedly better.
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