

“One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay”
★7.5(119)·1964·1h 33m·Released·Action · Drama
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
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DirectorHideo Gosha
Release DateMay 13, 1964
Original Languageja
ProductionSamurai Productions · Shochiku





























