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Three Outlaw Samurai
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Three Outlaw Samurai

1964-05-13 · 93 min · ★ 7.5

Action · Drama

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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Directors
Hideo Gosha
Production companies
Samurai Productions, Shochiku
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tetsuro TambaTetsuro TambaSakon Shiba
Isamu NagatoIsamu NagatoKyôjûrô Sakura
Mikijiro HiraMikijiro HiraEinosuke Kikyo
Miyuki KuwanoMiyuki KuwanoAya
Yoshiko KayamaYoshiko KayamaOyasu
Yōko MiharaYōko MiharaOmaki
Kyoko AoiOmitsu
Kamatari FujiwaraKamatari FujiwaraJinbei
Tatsuya IshiguroTatsuya IshiguroUzaemon Matsushita
Jun TataraJun TataraYasugorô
Toshie KimuraToshie KimuraOine
Hisashi IgawaHisashi IgawaMosuke
Ichirō IzawaIchirō IzawaToranoshin Tanabe
Kichijirō UedaKichijirō UedaIshigaki
Nakajirō TomitaNakajirō TomitaOnda
Bokuzen HidariBokuzen HidariSakusan
Mitsuo NagataKaneko
Hiroshi MugiyamaKawai Tetsuzo
Hisashi ImahashiGosaku
Sakae UmezuSakae Umezu

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