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Revenge (1964)
Directed by Tadashi Imai
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An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Kinnosuke Nakamura | Takahiro Tamura | Tetsurō Tamba | Yoshiko Mita | Ai Sasaki | Eitarô Shindô | Shoichi Ozawa | Ken Mitsuda | Kinzô Shin | Haruo Tanaka | Yoshi Katô | Masao Mishima | Shigeru Kôyama | Kikue Môri | Toshie Kimura | Tetsuo Ishidate | Junkichi Orimoto | Rinichi Yamamoto | Kinji Nakamura | Mitsuru Takeuchi | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Shinnosuke Ogata | Koji Arima | Kinjirô Tooyama | Hanzo Kataoka | Tetsuo Tomikawa | Jun Kanbayashi | Fujio Tokita | Kenji Egi | Hachirô Minamoto | Daisuke Awaji | Reiichi Hatanaka | Yoshiaki Nishida | Shôta Ooida | Kôtarô Hori | Kensaku Haruji | Mie Hayashi
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/15/2025 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 10 stars |
| (Average) 10 stars |
Viewing Notes
Beautifully filmed in black and white, this Chanbara brutally skewers the hypocrisy of the samurai code of honor. While set in the 17th century there’s no doubt that this was searing political commentary relevant to Japan in the 1960s given the continued use of the traditional samurai code as an underpinning to the current (even now) toxic male masculinity that ran through Japan at the time.
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