Three Outlaw Samurai
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This first feature by the legendary Hideo Gosha is among the most beloved chanbara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. A wandering, seen-it-all ronin (Tetsuro Tamba) becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai (Isamu Nagato and Mikijiro Hira), hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, this is an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.
Special Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri
New cover by Greg Ruth
Special Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri
New cover by Greg Ruth
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Cast
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Sakon Shiba
- Isamu Nagato
- Kyojuro Sakura
- Mikijiro Hira
- Einosuke Kikyo
- Miyuki Kuwano
- Aya
- Yoshiko Kayama
- Oyasu
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Jinbei
- Tatsuya Ishiguro
- Uzaemon Matsushita
- Kyoko Aoi
- Omitsu
- Hisashi Igawa
- Mosuke
- Ichiro Izawa
- Toranoshin Tanabe
- Jun Tatara
- Yasugoro
- Toshie Kimura
- Oine
- Yoko Mihara
- Omaki
Credits
- Director
- Hideo Gosha
- Producers
- Ginichi Kishimoto
- Producers
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Screenplay
- Keiichi Abe
- Screenplay
- Eizaburo Shiba
- Screenplay
- Hideo Gosha
- Cinematography
- Tadashi Sakai
- Editor
- Kazuo Ota
- Art direction
- Junichi Osumi
- Music
- Toshiaki Tsushima
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