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Kill!

ActionComedyDramaNot Rated

"Behold the best of Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro all in one film."

Duration

1h 54m

Release

22 Jun 1968

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Overview

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.

Plot

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.

Cast

Tatsuya NakadaiEtsushi TakahashiYuriko Hoshi

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Details

Director

Kihachi Okamoto

Writers

Kihachi OkamotoAkira MuraoShûgorô Yamamoto

Awards

1 win
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