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The Master Spearman

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.

1960 |1h 39m |  Drama

Cast

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Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

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Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

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Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

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Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

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Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

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Masao Oda

Kichibei

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Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

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Yataro Kurokawa

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Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

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Ryōsuke Kagawa

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Eijirō Kataoka

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Kajō Onoe

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Fujio Suga

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Hisao Toake

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Shin Tokudaiji

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Eijirō Tōno

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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