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The most intricate, thoughtful, satisfying samurai film ever made moreCast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Yosuke Natsuki | ||
| Makoto Satô | ||
| Yuriko Hoshi | ... | Kozato |
| Kumi Mizuno | ... | The Witch |
| Mitsuko Kusabue | ||
| Yoshiko Kuga | ||
| Akira Kubo | ||
| Akihiko Hirata | ... | Ryutaro Inoue |
| Sachio Sakai | ||
| Yoshio Kosugi | ||
| Ren Yamamoto | ||
| Akira Tani | ||
| Senshô Matsumoto | ||
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Lord Akashi |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Shogoro Ichikawa | ... | Jubei (as Somegoro Ichikawa) |
| Ryu Kuze | ||
Directed by | |||
| Hiroshi Inagaki | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Hiroshi Inagaki | writer | |
| Takeshi Kimura | writer | |
| Norio Nanjo | novel "Shikonmado" | |
Produced by | |||
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Akira Ifukube | |||
| Kan Ishii | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kazuo Yamada | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Koichi Iwashita | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Yoshio Nishikawa | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Shinobu Koike | .... | special effects production manager | |
| Yukio Manoda | .... | matte photography | |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | .... | matte process work | |
| Teruyoshi Nakano | .... | chief assistant director of special effects | |
| Sokei Tomioka | .... | special effects photography (as Mototaka Tomioka) | |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | .... | special effects director | |
| Akira Watanabe | .... | special effects art director | |
| Taka Yuki | .... | matte photography | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Sadamasa Arikawa | .... | special effects cameraman | |
| Kuichiro Kishida | .... | special effects lighting | |
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- Toho Company (1964) (USA) (subtitled)
- Toho Company (1968) (USA) (subtitled)
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"Whirlwind" is much more than just another Samurai film starring Toshiro Mifune. I have seen many samurai films, but Whirlwind is outstanding. It has one of the most intricate plots of any film in the genre, characters with real emotional depth and complexity across the board (this level of characterisation is often reserved for the hero in samurai films, but rarely applies to lesser characters), and wonderful cinematography. It is also a relatively rare example of a sequel that surpasses the first; it carries on from where Daredevil in the Castle left off. However, it is not necessary to see Daredevil first in order to understand what is going on. The tragedy is that this film has not received the recognition it deserves in the West in the form of a DVD release. Toshiro Mifune is excellent as ever, but the rest of the cast also deliver a very high standard. If you like samurai films, and you haven't seen Whirlwind, you should be prepared to sell your own grandma if necessary to secure a copy.