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74% Critic Match
Three Outlaw Samurai
“One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay”
7.4 / 10• 1964• 1h 33m•NR• Japanese
ActionDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tetsuro Tamba
Sakon Shiba
Lead
Isamu Nagato
Kyôjûrô Sakura
Mikijiro Hira
Einosuke Kikyo
Miyuki Kuwano
Aya
Yoshiko Kayama
Oyasu
Yōko Mihara
Omaki
KA
Kyoko Aoi
Omitsu
Kamatari Fujiwara
Jinbei
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hideo Gosha's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Three Outlaw Samurai is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
