The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail
虎の尾を踏む男達
Japan • 1945
Director
Synopsis
The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and Kabuki Theater, and here it becomes one of the director's most riveting early films.
Synopsis
The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and Kabuki Theater, and here it becomes one of the director's most riveting early films.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterAkira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa
CinematographerTakeo Itō
ComposerTadashi Hattori
EditorToshio Goto
ProducerMotohiko Itō