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Overview
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time, he reluctantly agrees when a girl hires him to kill a local offical who has unfairly taxed her villagers. But he soon discoves that not all is at it appears when he finds a direct link to his past.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 30, 1981
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Fuji Television Network,Mifune Productions
- Cast
- Fujio Tokita,Tomomi Satō,Sei Hiraizumi,Masao Imafuku,Saburo Date,Tetsuya Yamaoka,Toshirō Mifune,Kōjirō Kusanagi,Tokue Hanazawa,Teruhiko Saigōand 2 more
- Director
- Kazuo Ikehiro
- Writer
- Kei Tasaka
- Cinematography
- Susumu Ono
- Music
- Masaru Satō
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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