Samurai Wolf (1966)
"Kiba okaminosuke" (original title)

Director:

Hideo Gosha

Writer:

Hiroshi Tasaka

Stars:

Isao Natsuyagi, Yoshirô Aoki, Tatsuo Endô

Cast

Credited cast:
Isao Natsuyagi	...	Ookaminosuke
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yoshirô Aoki
Tatsuo Endô
Junko Miyazono
Junkichi Orimoto
Kyôichi Satô
Takashi Tabata
Misako Tominaga
Ryôhei Uchida

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

ronin | jidai geki

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

19 November 1966 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Samurai Wolf

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Tokyo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Slash! Pure action samurai "western"

Stark, stylistic and no fooling around. Solid samurai action as a wandering ronin, "The Vicious Wolf", wanders into a volatile situation at a remote relay post. Of course there's a couple of beautiful woman and nasty political intrigue involved. Interesting characters abound many are master killers with fearsome reputations. The Vicious Wolf is a quirky character with a bizarre fighting style but his intentions are good if you get past his lack of bathing and his tendency to announce that he has no money after eating at an inn or using the services of a prostitute.

Director Gosha is clearly the stylistic inspiration for many Italian western directors, more so than Kurosawa. Too bad most spaghetti westerns never even came close to this film.

Excellent sword fighting, great photography, unique direction and a good cast. Recommended.