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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Fantasy, Adventure, Action · 2h 13m
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.
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
T
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
Crew
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Screenplay
- Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Kamata
- Novel
- Toshio Kamata
- Director of Photography
- Seizō Sengen
- Original Music Composer
- Joey Carbone, Masahide Sakuma
- Producer
- Hiroshi Sugawara, Haruki Kadokawa
Details
- Original title
- 里見八犬伝
- Release date
- 1983-12-10
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Adventure, Action
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company, KADOKAWA