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Sanbiki no samurai

Sanbiki no samurai

1964Movie⏱️ 1h 34mNot Rated
ActionDrama
7.6
IMDB Rating
4,350 votes

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.

Director
Hideo Gosha
Writers
Keiichi Abe, Hideo Gosha, Eizaburô Shiba
Stars
Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira
Release Date
May 13, 1964
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Reviews
📋 6.8K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Tetsurô Tanba
Tetsurô Tanba
as Sakon Shiba
Isamu Nagato
Isamu Nagato
as Kyôjûrô Sakura
Mikijirô Hira
Mikijirô Hira
as Einosuke Kikyô
Miyuki Kuwano
Miyuki Kuwano
as Aya
Yoshiko Kayama
Yoshiko Kayama
as Oyasu
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Kyôko Aoi
as Omitsu
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Jinbê
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Uzaemon Matsushita
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
as Mosuke
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Ichirô Izawa
as Tanabe

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Japan
Production
Toho, Samurai Productions

🏷️ Keywords

prostitutebrotheljapanesechanbaracrying in arms

🎯 Categories

JapaneseSamuraiActionDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Very good samurai picture, and a great-looking Blu Ray from Criterion
by zetes2012-06-11
8/10

"Hideo Gosha got his start on television. His biggest hit was Three Outlaw Samurai, and in 1964 he got the chance to direct a prequel to that series with this, his first theatrical film. Tetsuro Tanba plays a wandering samurai who comes upon a hostage situation involving three peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of the local magistrate. The peasants of the district are being treated very poorly and are starving. Tanba sees that these guys aren't bad (the girl, Miyuki Kuwano, is unharmed) and decides to help them stand up to the magistrate. Among the men the magistrate hires to dispatc..."

💡 Did You Know?

Hideo Gosha's directorial film debut.

📖 Synopsis

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.