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Legend of Eight Samurai (1983)
Satomi hakken-den (original title)

133 min  -  Adventure | Fantasy | Action   -  10 December 1983 (Japan)
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Princess Shizu's family is wiped out by an family of undead seeking revenge. The eight samurai can save her, but who and where are they?

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Kamata

Stars:

Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada and Sonny Chiba
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Cast

Credited cast:
Hiroko Yakushimaru Hiroko Yakushimaru ...
Hiroyuki Sanada ...
Sonny Chiba ...
Etsuko Shihomi Etsuko Shihomi ...
Yûki Meguro Yûki Meguro ...
Mari Natsuki Mari Natsuki ...
Nana Okada Nana Okada ...
Masaki Kyômoto Masaki Kyômoto ...
Kenji Ohba Kenji Ohba ...
Nagare Hagiwara Nagare Hagiwara ...
Yonosuke
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takuya Fukuhara Takuya Fukuhara ...
Seizô Fukumoto
Akira Hamada Akira Hamada ...
Akushiro
Shunsuke Kariya Shunsuke Kariya ...
Keiko Matsuzaka Keiko Matsuzaka ...
Princess Fuse (voice)
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Storyline

Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai who are destined to help a beautiful young princess overcome a curse on her family. They go against an evil queen who bathes in blood to retain her youthfulness. The queen and her son live in a castle protected by many monsters and goblins and assorted apparitions, including giant flying snakes. Many swords, lots of sorcery and plenty of blood. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Princess | Blood | Samurai | Undead | Castle  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Action | Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

A Lenda dos Oito Samurais See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho, Toei Company See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Shinbei goes "evil" and attacks the princess and her friends when he jumps off the back of the horse you can see the black wire that's attach to his back that's keeping him off the ground. Futhurmore if you check out the top corner of the screen you can see the winch that the other end of the wire is connected to swinging around. See more »

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"Satomi Hakken-den"
Written by Joey Carbone, Kathi Pinto, David Palmer
Performed by John O'Banion See more »