Action ·Comedy · Japan · 1968 · 1h 54m

Kill!

斬る

Director

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai as Genta Etsushi Takahashi as Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata) Yuriko Hoshi as Chino Kajii Tadao Nakamaru as Magobei Shôda Akira Kubo as Monnosuke Takei Shigeru Kōyama as Tamiya Ayuzawa

Crew

Rokurô Nishigaki — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto — Screenplay Akira Murao — Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto — Novel

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Kihachi Okamoto Director Rokurô Nishigaki Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Kihachi Okamoto Screenplay Akira Murao Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Hiroyasu Tsutsumi Production Design

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