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Goyôkin

Goyôkin

1969Movie⏱️ 2h 4mPG
ActionAdventureDrama
7.6
IMDB Rating
2,840 votes

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to prevent a massacre from taking place.

Director
Hideo Gosha
Writers
Kei Tasaka, Hideo Gosha
Stars
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa
Release Date
February 14, 1970
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 2
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 19
Reviews
📋 6.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Magobei Wakizaka
Tetsurô Tanba
Tetsurô Tanba
as Rokugo Tatewaki
Yôko Tsukasa
Yôko Tsukasa
as Shino
👤
Ruriko Asaoka
as Oriha
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
as Hirosuke
Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi
as Kunai
Kô Nishimura
Kô Nishimura
Eijirô Tôno
Eijirô Tôno
👤
Ben Hiura
as Rokuzo
Susumu Kurobe
Susumu Kurobe
as Omura Sobee

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Japan
Production
Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd.

🏷️ Keywords

slaughtervillage massacrecrowravenvillage

🎯 Categories

JapaneseSamuraiActionAdventureDrama

⭐ Featured Review

"It's a funeral for us samurais"
by chaos-rampant2008-04-27

"Goyokin is one of those movies that I wanna scream from the rooftops just how incredibly awesome they are. The kind of film I wanna grab every person I know by the neck and force them to watch it with eyes wide open, Clockwork Orange style. It's really a cinematic crime that Goyokin is not as widely seen and regarded as the works of more famous Japanese directors, like Kurosawa. It might be a genre movie and as such attract mostly chambara fans, but this really deserves to reach more mainstream audiences. Put simply, if you like beautiful movies, you have to see this one. The plot conce..."

💡 Did You Know?

This is the first Japanese feature film in Panavision.

📖 Synopsis

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to prevent a massacre from taking place.