Story Line
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
“In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.”
Top Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Isaburo Sasahara
Yōko Tsukasa
Ichi Sasahara
Gō Katō
Yogoro Sasahara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Bunzo Sasahara
Etsuko Ichihara
Kiku
Isao Yamagata
Shobei Tsuchiya
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Rating
8.2/ 10
Release Date
1967-05-27
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
DramaHistoryAction
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User Reviews (1)
Hotsake
10/10
•7/23/2017Has some of the best acting I've ever seen in a film. You can taste the tension and anguish between the main character's loyalty for his lord and his son.