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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Fantasy | Adventure | Action

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Overview

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.

Length 133 minutes

Actors

Hiroko Yakushimaru | Hiroyuki Sanada | Sonny Chiba | Minori Terada | Masaki Kyômoto | Etsuko Shihomi | Takuya Fukuhara | Shunsuke Kariya | Kenji Ohba | Keiko Matsuzaka | Mari Natsuki | Yûki Meguro | Nagare Hagiwara | Mamako Yoneyama | Akira Shioji | Akira Hamada | Tatsuo Endô | Seizô Fukumoto | Mikio Narita | Tadashi Naruse | Harumi Sone | Ryôichi Takayanagi | Taiji Tonoyama | Nana Okada | Akihiro Shimizu | Akio Kobune | Akira Yamamoto | Daigaku Sekine | Emi Uema | Emiko Maekawa | Hiroko Suwa | Takashi Shirai | Junichi Hosokawa | Keiko Moriyama | Kenji Ikeda | Kenjiro Ishimaru | Kiyokazu Inoue | Mai Ooishi | Makiko Kitashiro | Masao Hirakawa | Mayumi Matsumura | Minken Karasawa | Mizuho Suzuki | Naoto Ikeda | Noboru Maro | Noriko Kojima | Rantaro Mine | Ryuji Komine | Ryûji Tsubaki | Seigo Inoue | Seiichi Ehara | Shiro Takano | Shoji Sawada | Takeshige Hatanaka | Tetsuo Fujisawa | Tsuyako Okajima | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Yôko Inagaki | Yôko Miyanagi | Yukio Miyagi | Yuko Kada

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Totally my thing and a movie that could double with Message from Space, which is more sci-fi adventure compared to the fantasy adventure of this film but both star Hiroyuki Sanada.

I watched this Sunday via DKUTV but came in after it had started but thought it was near the beginning. Learned it was not near the beginning but rather an hour into this 2:15 runtime film! So Tubi has it in two versions, Japanese unsubbed and English dubbed. Neither are ideal but I watched that first hour which really didn’t add a whole lot.

This is another one that I wished would get a good restoration and release. The DKUTV Broadcast had a decent transfer with rock solid subtitles so I’m guessing bootlegs are out there. There’s another similar film from this time that also needs a release. It was a wild fantasy adventure, too.

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