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7.5/10   779 votes
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Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers:
Akira Murao (writer)
Kihachi Okamoto (writer)
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Release Date:
22 June 1968 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up a local officials complex game of murder and betrayal. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A classic more (12 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Genta
Etsushi Takahashi ... Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
Naoko Kubo ... Tetsutaro Oikawa
Shigeru Kôyama ... Tamiya Ayuzawa
Akira Kubo ... Monnosuke Takei
Seishiro Kuno ... Daijiro Masataka
Nami Tamura ... Yo
Tadao Nakamaru ... Magobei Shoda
Eijirô Tôno ... Hyogo Moriuchi
Isao Hashimoto ... Konosuke Fujii
Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Shinroku Matsuo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eisei Amamoto ... Gendayu Shimada
Takeo Chii ... Yaheiji Yoshida
Akira Hamada ... Denzo Nishimura
Hiroshi Hasegawa ... Injured Ronin
Kôichi Hashimoto
Yuriko Hoshi ... Chino Kajii
Shin Ibuki ... Injured Ronin
Masao Imafuku ... Doshin - Monk
Ryosuke Kagawa ... Sachu Mizoguchi
Shin Kishida ... Jurota Arao
Susumu Kurobe ... Kinsaburo Ayuzawa
Ryu Kuze ... Oomori
Yutaka Nakayama ... Ronin
Yasuzo Ogawa ... Kisuke
Wataru Omae ... Guard
Hiroshi Sekita ... Ayzawa's vassal
Emiko Suzuki ... Tomi
Haruo Suzuki ... Banto
Chotaro Togin ... Ronin
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Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Akira Murao  writer
Kihachi Okamoto  writer
Shugoro Yamamoto  novel "Peaceful Days"

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka .... producer
 
Original Music by
Masaru Satô 
 
Cinematography by
Rokuro Nishigaki 
 
Film Editing by
Yoshitami Kuroiwa 
 
Production Design by
Iwao Akune 
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kill! (USA)
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Runtime:
109 min | USA:115 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Joshu, Gunma, Japan
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya's character is his own actual ancestor, Matsuo Tsuchiya. more
Quotes:
Genta: A sword isn't a sickle. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A classic, 30 October 2006
10/10
Author: Gunnar Van Vliet from Canada

This is an example of a near perfect film. It most certainly is a comedy and the blend of serious story and personal conflict makes the light-hearted moments hilarious and touching. I have never seen this kind of humour so effectively portrayed on film and perhaps some of the other reviewers simply have not been fortunate to find themselves in this kind of "pickle". Sometimes events are so unbelievable, or so obviously predictable that you have to surrender yourself to fate and laugh. This movie is about the immensity of fate and how man is but a small raft on the big ocean. He can only paddle to avoid waves and laugh at his fortune as he makes his way towards a distant shore, perhaps never reaching it. It is pure beauty.

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