Story Line
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
“Take up your sword.”
Top Cast
Koji Yakusho
Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada
Shinrokuro Shimada
Yusuke Iseya
Koyata
Goro Inagaki
Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue Fukiishi
Tsuya / Upashi
Hiroki Matsukata
Kuranaga
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
2010-09-25
Runtime
2h 21m
Genres
AdventureDramaAction
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User Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez
5/10
•1/26/2015Much predictable and brutal. Just some action movie in which 13 guys kill by hundreds ...
sakmode
6/10
•4/4/2021Takashi Miike excels at creating true horror from the internal darkness of humanity and this is clearly evident in his brutal depiction of the villain of this movie, Lord Naritsugu. Through this characterization he establishes a strong motivation for...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•1/27/2025Very much in the spirit of Kurosawa, Takashi Miike has assembled a strong cast to depict some fairly epic struggles for power in the 19th century Japanese shogunate. It's the brother of the Shogun who seems to be the source of the trouble. Having mer...