Legend of the Eight Samurai
里見八犬伝
Rating: 5.7 · 1983 · Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Action · Japan · 2 ч 13 мин
Description
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Information
- Original title
- 里見八犬伝
- Year
- 1983
- Genre
- Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2 ч 13 мин
- TMDB
- 5.7
- IMDb
- 5.7
Director
Cast
- Hiroko Yakushimaru — Princess Shizu
- Hiroyuki Sanada — Inue Shinbei Masashi
- Sonny Chiba — Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
- Minori Terada — Inumura Daikaku Masanori
- Masaki Kyomoto — Inuzuka Shino Moritaka
- Etsuko Shihomi — Inusaka Keno Tanetomo
- Takuya Fukuhara — Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito
- Shunsuke Kariya — Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori
- Kenji Ohba — Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi
- Keiko Matsuzaka — Princess Fuse (voice)
- Mari Natsuki — Tamazusa
- Yūki Meguro — Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji
- Nagare Hagiwara — Yonosuke
- Mamako Yoneyama — Funamushi
- Akira Shioji — Genjin
- Akira Hamada — Akushiro
- Tatsuo Endō — Hikiroku
- Seizō Fukumoto — Retainer B
- Mikio Narita — Ohta Sukemasa
- Masataka Naruse — Retainer A (as Tadashi Naruse)
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