Criterion/Voyager (Jun 03, 1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Foreign | History
Japan | Japanese | Black & White | 02:01
| 1. | Kill! | 1968 |
| 2. | Samurai Spy | 1965 |
| 3. | Sword Of The Beast | 1965 |
| 4. | Samurai Rebellion | 1967 |
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
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Toshirô Mifune | Isaburo Sasahara |
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Yoko Tsukasa | Ichi Sasahara |
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Go Kato | Yogoro Sasahara |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Bunzo Sasahara |
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Etsuko Ichihara | Kiku |
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Isao Yamagata | Shobei Tsuchiya |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Tatewaki Asano |
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Shigeru Kôyama | Geki Takahashi |
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Michiko Otsuka | Suga Sasahara |
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Tatsuo Matsumura | Lord Masakata Matsudaira |
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Masao Mishima | Sanzaemon Yanase |
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Jun Hamamura | Hyoemon Shiomi |
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Emi Yamada | Shiomi's wife |
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Takamaru Sasaki | Kenmotsu Sasahara |
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Hideo Fukuhara | Sahei |
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Noriko Kawajiri | Nui |
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Tetsuko Kobayashi | Otama |
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Hisano Yamaoka | Sannojo Kasai's mother |
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Tomoko Hito | Yoshino |
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Yoshirô Aoki | Takazo Komiya |
| Director | Masaki Kobayashi |
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| Writer | Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi | |
| Producer | Toshirô Mifune, Tomoyuki Tanaka | |
| Musician | Tôru Takemitsu | |
| Photography | Kazuo Yamada | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Widescreen (16:9) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] Dolby Digital Mono [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Oct 25, 2005 |
| Regions | Region 1 |