Whirlwind

Overview

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 3, 1964

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.

Cast

Ren Yamamoto,Kumi Mizuno,Makoto Satō,Akira Tani,Ryū Kuze,Toshirō Mifune,Yoshio Inaba,Yuriko Hoshi,Akira Kubo,Someshō Matsumotoand 7 more

Director

Hiroshi Inagaki

Writer

Hiroshi Inagaki,Takeshi Kimura,Norio Nanjō

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Cinematography

Kazuo Yamada

Music

Akira Ifukube,Kan Ishii

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0057990