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

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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?

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Hiroko Yakushimaru ...
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Etsuko Shihomi ...
Yûki Meguro ...
Mari Natsuki ...
Nana Okada ...
Masaki Kyômoto ...
Kenji Ohba ...
Nagare Hagiwara ...
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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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10 December 1983 (Japan)  »

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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
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1 ninja, 1 samurai, and 6 fighter/adventurers fight for princess shizu!
18 June 2000 | by (Utah, USA) – See all my reviews

good movie but i suggest watching it and pretending you are an 8 year old. basic plot evil "demons" try to get rid of an entire clan that destroyed them 100 years earlier. they don't kill princess shizu of that clan and seek her out. shizu heads to her uncles clan and runs into several men who want to save her. they collect 8 people who have magic crystals and all go to the demons castle to destroy them. good movie i wont spoil the ending it doesn't take much brain faculties to watch it either.


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