A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a bodyguard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack.
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Cast
23 people
Yūzō Kayama
Ochi Kittan "Batta"
Known for
Red Beard
Sanjuro
Yuriko Hoshi
Saghiri
Known for
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Kill!
Kihachi Okamoto
Also in
Shin Godzilla
Boy's Choir
Masaru Satô
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Makoto Satou
Kinoshita
Known for
Princess Mononoke
Blind Woman's Curse
Hiroshi Ueda
Also in
The Invisible Man Appears
Conflagration
Ken Sano
Ichirō Nakatani
Harunezuni
Known for
Harakiri
Yojimbo
Shinichi Sekizawa
Yuzuru Aizawa
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Known for
Samurai Rebellion
Red Beard
Kihachi Okamoto Director · Shinichi Sekizawa Writer Ken Sano Writer
United States release July 3, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 戦国野郎
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
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Original title
戦国野郎
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 23, 1963
Theatrical
United States · July 3, 1963
Russia
October 27, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Kihachi Okamoto (Moscow)
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