Three Outlaw Samurai

May 13, 1964

1h 33m

★ 7.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Samurai Productions

Shochiku

Three Outlaw Samurai Trailers

Cast

Sakon Shiba

Tetsuro Tamba

Kyôjûrô Sakura

Isamu Nagato

Einosuke Kikyo

Mikijiro Hira

Aya

Miyuki Kuwano

Oyasu

Yoshiko Kayama

Omitsu

Kyoko Aoi

Jinbei

Kamatari Fujiwara

Uzaemon Matsushita

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Yasugorô

Jun Tatara

Oine

Toshie Kimura

Omaki

ôko Mihara

Mosuke

Hisashi Igawa

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