Three Outlaw Samurai

Three Outlaw Samurai

1964 · 93 min · JA · 7.5 (118 votes)
Dir. Hideo Gosha · Starring Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kayama, Yōko Mihara · Music Toshiaki Tsushima

“One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay”

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Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.

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A grim, determined tale of outlaws fighting against oppression. Expect sharp swordplay and a somber mood as honor clashes with injustice in a world of treachery and shifting loyalties.

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