Overview
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Production
TOHO · Sedic International · Toei Studios Kyoto · OLM · TV Asahi Music · IMAGICA · TV Asahi · dentsu · Shogakukan · The Asahi Shimbun · Asahi Broadcasting Corporation · Nagoya Broadcasting Network · Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting · Yahoo! Japan · TSUTAYA Group · Hiroshima Home Television · Sedic Deux · Raku Film · Recorded Picture Company · HanWay Films · Japan Action Enterprise · Shizuoka Asahi Television · Hokkaido Television Broadcasting · Higashi Nippon Broadcasting
Cast & Characters
Koji Yakusho
Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada
Shinrokuro Shimada
Yusuke Iseya
Koyata
Goro Inagaki
Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue Fukiishi
Tsuya / Upashi
Hiroki Matsukata
Kuranaga
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Kuzuro Hirayama
Ikki Sawamura
Gunziro Mitsuhasi
Arata Furuta
Heizo Sahara
Sousuke Takaoka
Yasoyosi Hioki
Rokkaku Seiji
Mosuke Otake
Kazuki Namioka
Rihei Ishizuka
Directors & Crew
Takashi Miike
Director
Minami Ichikawa
Producer
Tōichirō Shiraishi
Producer
Shigeji Maeda
Producer
Takahiro Ohno
Producer
Masaaki Ujô
Producer
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