Movielogr
Rise Against the Sword (1966)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
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Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Makoto Satō | Yuriko Hoshi | Kichijirô Ueda | Ryô Tamura | Nobuko Otowa | Kô Nishimura | Akihiko Hirata | Daisuke Katô | Gen Shimizu | Takamaru Sasaki | Ikio Sawamura | Yoshifumi Tajima | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Susumu Kurobe | Mayumi Ôzora | Hideyo Amamoto | Yoshio Kosugi | Ren Yamamoto | Yasuo Araki | Naoya Kusakawa | Sachio Sakai | Keiji Sakakida | Wakako Tanabe | Toki Shiozawa | Nakajirô Tomita | Seiji Ikeda | Akira Kitchôji
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/12/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Toshirō Mifune is hot tempered clan leader Goemon who hates the samurai so he trains and empowers his farmers to battle against them. This is a fun movie that is done as a throwback to the 1950s chanbara cinema in Japan from the overacting (mostly Mifune) to the black & white treatment. Even the makeup looks like a silent film done as a talkie. Quite odd at times esp. Mifune’s look but it mostly works and has some nice character moments from this excellent cast out of the Toho Studio system. Yuriko Hoshi is simply divine. Neat to see Ko Nishimura here as I usually associate him with Nikkatsu.
This was one of four movies that I hadn’t seen in DKUTV’s Mifune samurai marathon happening this weekend so I was glad to see it.
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