Incident at Blood Pass
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In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
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Toshirō Mifune
Yojimbo
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yataro
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Ruriko Asaoka
Okuni
Known for
Goyokin
Shintarō Katsu
Gentetsu
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Heima Ibuki
Known for
Goyokin
Chūsha Ichikawa
Unknown Samurai
Known for
An Actor's Revenge
Ichirō Arishima
Tokubei
Known for
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Mika Kitagawa
Oyuki
Also in
Red Lion
The Resurrection of the Beast
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Itahachi
Known for
Seven Samurai
Funeral Parade of Roses
Jotaro Togami
Gonji
Also in
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Retaliation
Chieko Nakakita
Known for
Drunken Angel
One Wonderful Sunday
Ryunosuke Yamazaki
Tatsu
Also in
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Samurai Banners
Hiroshi Inagaki Director · Hideo Oguni Writer Ichirō Miyagawa Writer
United States release December 18, 1970 · Produced in Japan · Production Mifune Productions, Mifune Production Co., Ltd.
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TOHO
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Mifune Productions
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Mifune Production Co., Ltd.
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Japan
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Original title
待ち伏せ
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 21, 1970
Theatrical
United States · December 18, 1970
Theatrical
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