Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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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.
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- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Written by
- Toshio Kamata, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Kamata
- Produced by
- Haruki Kadokawa, Hiroshi Sugawara
- Composers
- Joey Carbone, Masahide Sakuma
- Cinematographer
- Seizō Sengen
- Studios
- KADOKAWA, Toei Company
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Language
- ja
- Also known as
- Legend of the 8 Samurai
- TMDB
- 5.7/10 (33 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.4/10 (1,347 votes)
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
Crew
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Toshio Kamata
Screenplay
Haruki Kadokawa
Producer
Hiroshi Sugawara
Producer
Joey Carbone
Original Music Composer
Masahide Sakuma
Original Music Composer
Hiroyuki Namba
Music
Richie Zito
Music
Toshio Kihara
Music
Yukio Aizawa
Music
Seizō Sengen
Director of Photography
Tsutomu Imamura
Production Design
