Japan,
1964, 104 min
Directed by:
Masahiro ShinodaComposer:
Tôru TakemitsuCast:
Eiji Okada, 岩下志麻, Isao Kimura, Tetsurô Tamba, Keiji Sada, Eitarô Ozawa, 葵京子, 早川保, 織本順吉, Fujio SugaPlots(1)
In the final years of the shogunate, a devious schemer assembles a band of warriors ostensibly to keep the peace in the capital, but in truth he plans to use them as his personal army... (Shochiku)
Cast
Eiji Okada
Japan
Best movies:
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
This Transient Life (1970)
Antarctica (1983)
![岩下志麻](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/360/360374_e2163d.jpg)
岩下志麻
Japan
Best movies:
Harakiri (1962)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
The River Fuefuki (1960)
![Isao Kimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279852_5108f7.jpg)
Isao Kimura
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Tetsurô Tamba
Japan
Best movies:
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Harakiri (1962)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
![Keiji Sada](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185756_9dfdd7.jpg)
Keiji Sada
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Immortal Love (1961)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Eitarô Ozawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Steel Edge of Revenge (1969) - narrator
葵京子
Japan
Best movies:
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
The Assassin (1964)
Akitsu Springs (1962)
早川保
Japan
Best movies:
Woman of the Lake (1966)
The Assassin (1964)
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
![織本順吉](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/258/161258051_f51a49.gif)
織本順吉
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Fujio Suga
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1963)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)