Three Outlaw Samurai
三匹の侍
Japan • 1964
Director
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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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorHideo Gosha
WriterHideo Gosha, Keiichi Abe, Eizaburo Shiba
CinematographerTadashi Sakai
ComposerToshiaki Tsushima
EditorKazuo Ôta
ProducerGin'ichi Kishimoto, Tetsuro Tamba