Directed by Hideo Gosha • 1978 • Japan
Tatsuya Nakadai stars as a vengeful ex-samurai commanding a gang of outlaws in an attack on the castle of his former master.
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Assassin
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda • 1964 • Japan
Masahiro Shinoda's Assassin (aka Ansatsu) was the director's first period film - but it is hardly set in the "safety" of a past era, as its story, of a masterless samurai (Tetsuro Tamba) making his way amid the chaotic aftermath of Commodore Perry's fo...
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Directed by Hideo Gosha • 1964 • Japan
Starring Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro HiraThis 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 SAMURA...
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Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance
Directed by Toshiya Fujita • 1974 • Japan
Starring Meiko Kaji, Juzo Itami, Kazuko YoshiyukiMeiko Kaji returns in Toshiya Fujita’s invigorating sequel to his own cult hit LADY SNOWBLOOD. Our furious heroine is captured by the authorities and sentenced to death for the various killings she has co...
