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The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi tracks the spy Nojiri, while a mysterious figure named Sakon leads...
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Blu-Ray Review: Subtle Beauty of Somber ‘Pale Flower’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 24 May 2011, 8:33 AM, PDT)
Blogging Through The Collection: This Week In Criterion Blogs
(From CriterionCast. 30 March 2011, 8:31 PM, PDT)
Kei Satô Passes Away At 81
(From CriterionCast. 9 May 2010, 10:13 PM, PDT)
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 24 May 2011, 8:33 AM, PDT)
Blogging Through The Collection: This Week In Criterion Blogs
(From CriterionCast. 30 March 2011, 8:31 PM, PDT)
Kei Satô Passes Away At 81
(From CriterionCast. 9 May 2010, 10:13 PM, PDT)
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 | Hiroshi Aoyama | ||
| Jun Hamamura | ... | Joshin temple priest |
| Osamu Hitomi | ||
| Minoru Hodaka | ||
| Hisanobu Ichikawa | ||
| Kentaro Imai | ||
| Yasunori Irikawa | ... | Yashiro Kobayashi |
| Shintarô Ishihara | ... | Saizo Kirigakure |
| Taku Kido | ||
| Takeshi Kusaka | ... | Narrator |
| Seiji Miyaguchi | ... | Jinnai-Kazutaka Horikawa |
| Shin'ya Mizushima | ||
| Hideto Nakagawa | ||
 | Eiji Okada | ... | Tatewaki Koriyama |
| Shuichi Oki | ||
| Shôsuke Oni | ||
| Eitarô Ozawa | ... | Shigeyuki Koremura |
| Kei Satô | ... | Takanosuke Nojiri |
| Ginzô Sekiguchi | ||
| Matsuko Shiga | ||
| Nobuyuki Shima | ||
| Koji Shirotani | ||
| Kenji Sonoda | ||
| Kôji Takahashi | ... | Sarutobi Sasuke |
| Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Sakon Takatani |
| Rokko Toura | ... | Mitsuaki Inamura |
| Toru Uchida | ||
| Misako Watanabe | ... | Okiwa |
| Jitsuko Yoshimura | ... | Omiyo |
| Tatsuo Yoshimura |
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| Masahiro Shinoda | |||
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| Yoshiyuki Fukuda | ||
| Koji Nakada | novel | |
Produced by | |||
| Shizuo Yamanouchi | .... | producer (as Shizuo Yamauchi) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Tôru Takemitsu | |||
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| Masao Kosugi | |||
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| Yoshi Sugihara | |||
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| Junichi Ozumi | (as Junichi Osumi) | ||
Art Department | |||
| Toshio Takahashi | .... | set designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Hideo Nishizaki | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Akira Aomatsu | .... | gaffer | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Etsuko Yagyû | .... | costume researcher | |
Other crew | |||
| Yasuo Okubo | .... | public relations | |
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| Tokûemon Izumi Troupe | .... | thanks | |
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- Shochiku Films of America (1973) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Janus Films (USA) (TV) (subtitled)
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"Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke" - Japan (original title)
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102 min | USA:99 min
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Muddled and extremely silly samurai film marred by artsy flourishes, goofy ninja outfits, martial-arts fantasy nonsense, and a stupid ending.
On the plus side, Shinoda has a good eye for composition, the production values are quite good, and it's got a meaty role for Seiji Miyaguchi (Kyuzo from SEVEN SAMURAI).
The most potentially interesting thing about the film is its treatment of the persecution of Christians in Tokugawa Japan. Unfortunately, it treats this aspect with the same superficiality that it treats the conflict between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Toyotomi clan (and the film starts with a basic historical error: the Toyotomi clan did not lose at Sekigahara; they didn't even fight there, although the battle did result in the end of Toyotomi hegemony over Japan).