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Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writers:
Kihachi Okamoto (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
22 June 1968 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action 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
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Cast

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Tatsuya Nakadai ... Genta
Etsushi Takahashi ... Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata)
Yuriko Hoshi ... Chino Kajii
Naoko Kubo ... Tetsutaro Oikawa
Tadao Nakamaru ... Magobei Shôda
Akira Kubo ... Monnosuke Takei
Shigeru Kôyama ... Tamiya Ayuzawa
Eijirô Tôno ... Hyogo Moriuchi
Nami Tamura ... Yô
Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Shinroku Matsuo
Isao Hashimoto ... Kônosuke Fujii
Akira Hamada ... Denzô Nishimura
Takeo Chii ... Yaheiji Yoshida
Seishirô Kuno ... Daijirô Masataka
Ben Hiura ... Busuke
Hiroshi Hasegawa ... Injured Ronin
Emiko Suzuki ... Tomi
Yasuzô Ogawa ... Kisuke
Yutaka Nakayama ... Ronin
Shin Ibuki ... Injured Ronin
Chôtarô Tôgin ... Ronin
Minoru Itô
Rinsaku Ogata
Yukihiko Gondô
Kôichi Satô
Wataru Ômae ... Guard
Haruo Suzuki ... Banto
Ryôji Shimizu
Masaki Shinohara
Kôji Uruki
Hiroshi Tanaka
Kôji Asakawa
Kanzô Uni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eisei Amamoto ... Gendayu Shimada
Kôichi Hashimoto
Masao Imafuku ... Doshin - Monk
Ryôsuke Kagawa ... Sachu Mizoguchi
Shin Kishida ... Jurota Arao
Susumu Kurobe ... Kinsaburo Ayuzawa
Ryû Kuze ... Oomori
Yû Sekida ... Ayzawa's vassal
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Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto 
 
Writing credits
Kihachi Okamoto (screenplay) &
Akira Murao (screenplay)

Shûgorô Yamamoto (novel "Torideyama no jûshichi nichi")

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka .... producer
 
Original Music by
Masaru Satô 
 
Cinematography by
Rokurô Nishigaki 
 
Film Editing by
Yoshitami Kuroiwa 
 
Production Design by
Iwao Akune 
 
Stunts
Ryû Kuze .... fight choreographer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kill! (USA)
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Runtime:
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:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya's character is his own actual ancestor, Matsuo Tsuchiya. more
Quotes:
Tamiya Ayuzawa: A vagrant couldn't do all this. more

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HILARIOUS!The "Scary Movie" of samurai films!, 31 July 2001
Author: tnamwong (tnamwong@hotmail.com) from Los Angeles

Before watching Kiru "Kill!" see SEven SAmurai, Hidden Fortress, Sanjuro, Yojimbo and the awesome SWORD OF DOOM then you will catch all of the inside jokes and truly appreciate this masterful parody. The humor in this movie is conveyed elegantly. For example the director of "Kiru," Okamoto, who also directed Sword of Doom, included a stone Buddha atop of the hill overlooking the desolate town setting of the movie in reference to "Daibosatsu Toge" which means "Great Buddha Pass" (the Japanese title for Sword of Doom). Okay that wasn't the best example, but can you imagine henchmen screaming EXTRA loud when they are butchered? Or how about a grimy farmer turning away a cute girl he calls a "powdered monster!" Amidst the exaggerated dust storms, references to the value of rice, mountain treks and the trouble 7 "children" or samurai cause when planning a conspiracy is a trio of heroes: a farmer who yearns to be a samurai, the last henchmen of an annihilated gang, and a vagabond (rather than a dashing ronin) played by Tatsuya Nakadai. Yes, there are staring duels, flying daggers, great fight scenes with wooden swords but lastly a showdown that is NOT in the middle of a ghost town or rolling field but in a tiny room. This film is for the fans!!!

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