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22 June 1968 (Japan)
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Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up a local officials complex game of murder and betrayal. | Add synopsis »
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1 win
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A classic
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Genta |
 | Etsushi Takahashi | ... | Hanji (Hanjiro Tabata) |
| Yuriko Hoshi | ... | Chino Kajii |
| Tadao Nakamaru | ... | Magobei Shôda |
| Akira Kubo | ... | Monnosuke Takei |
| Shigeru Kôyama | ... | Tamiya Ayuzawa |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Hyogo Moriuchi |
| Shin Kishida | ... | Jurota Arao |
| Atsuo Nakamura | ||
| Nami Tamura | ... | Yô |
| Hideyo Amamoto | ... | Gendayu Shimada |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Shinroku Matsuo |
| Isao Hashimoto | ... | Kônosuke Fujii |
| Akira Hamada | ... | Denzô Nishimura |
| Takeo Chii | ... | Yaheiji Yoshida |
| Seishirô Kuno | ... | Daijirô Masataka |
| Ben Hiura | ... | Busuke |
| Susumu Kurobe | ... | Kinsaburo Ayuzawa |
| Masao Imafuku | ... | Doshin - Monk |
| Hiroshi Hasegawa | ... | Injured Ronin |
| Emiko Suzuki | ... | Tomi |
| Yasuzô Ogawa | ... | Kisuke |
| Yutaka Nakayama | ... | Ronin |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa | ... | Sachu Mizoguchi |
| Shin Ibuki | ... | Injured Ronin |
| Chôtarô Tôgin | ... | Ronin |
| Minoru Itô | ||
| Rinsaku Ogata | ||
| Yukihiko Gondô | ||
| Kôichi Satô | ||
| Wataru Ômae | ... | Guard |
| Haruo Suzuki | ... | Banto |
| Yû Sekida | ... | Ayzawa's vassal |
| Ryôji Shimizu | ||
| Masaki Shinohara | ||
| Kôji Uruki | ||
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ||
| Kôji Asakawa | ||
| Kanzô Uni |
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| Kihachi Okamoto | |||
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| Kihachi Okamoto | (screenplay) & | |
| Akira Murao | (screenplay) | |
| Shûgorô Yamamoto | (novel "Torideyama no jûshichi nichi") | |
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| Tomoyuki Tanaka | .... | producer | |
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| Masaru Satô | |||
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| Rokurô Nishigaki | |||
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| Yoshitami Kuroiwa | |||
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| Hiroyasu Tsutsumi | |||
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| Iwao Akune | |||
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| Kunihiko Watanabe | .... | assistant director | |
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| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound mixer | |
| Shin Watarai | .... | sound | |
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| Ryû Kuze | .... | fight choreographer | |
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| Kiichi Onda | .... | gaffer | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Toho Company (1968) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Frank Lee International (1969) (USA) (subtitled)
- Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2011) (Japan) (TV)
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Also Known As:
"Kiru" - Japan (original title)
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115 min
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Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya's character is his own actual ancestor, Matsuo Tsuchiya.See more »
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This is an example of a near perfect film. It most certainly is a comedy and the blend of serious story and personal conflict makes the light-hearted moments hilarious and touching. I have never seen this kind of humour so effectively portrayed on film and perhaps some of the other reviewers simply have not been fortunate to find themselves in this kind of "pickle". Sometimes events are so unbelievable, or so obviously predictable that you have to surrender yourself to fate and laugh. This movie is about the immensity of fate and how man is but a small raft on the big ocean. He can only paddle to avoid waves and laugh at his fortune as he makes his way towards a distant shore, perhaps never reaching it. It is pure beauty.