THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Action, Drama
• Plot: This first film by the legendary Hideo Gosha is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. In it, 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.
• Cast: Hisashi Imabashi, Junkichi Orimoto, Yoshiaki Aoki, Saburo Hoshiki, Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kayama, Kyôko Aoi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Hisashi Igawa, Ichirô Izawa, Jun Tatara, Toshie Kimura, Yôko Mihara, Kichijirô Ueda, Nakajirô Tomita, Bokuzen Hidari, Mitsuo Nagata, Hiroshi Mugiyama, Hideo Gosha, Keiichi Abe, Gin'ichi Kishimoto, Eizaburo Shiba
• Director: Hideo Gosha
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Toho, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie