MOVIE · 1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
ActionAdventureDrama95 min
Tetsuro Tanba is Shiba, a wandering ronin who crosses paths with peasants holding a magistrate’s daughter hostage to force a reduction in taxes. Rather than hand them over, he throws in with the villagers against the local authority they’re challenging. The fight shifts when two men from the magistrate’s own guard break ranks: Isamu Nagato’s Sakura and Kikyo (Mikijiro Hira). With three swords now standing between the peasants and the state, the standoff widens into a struggle over duty, dishonor, and who the samurai serve when the law itself is corrupt.
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