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The Master Spearman

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5.2/10 • 4

1960-05-151h 39m

Drama

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.

Directors
Tomu Uchida

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  1. Ryutaro Otomo

    Ryutaro Otomo

    Takasada Tomita

  2. Chikage Awashima

    Chikage Awashima

    Sakon Murayama

  3. Hiromi Hanazono

    Hiromi Hanazono

    Umeme

  4. Isao Yamagata

    Isao Yamagata

    Mitsunari Ishida

  5. Kensaku Hara

    Kensaku Hara

    Kazunobu Tomita

  6. Masao Oda

    Masao Oda

    Kichibei

  7. Eitarō Ozawa

    Eitarō Ozawa

    Ieyasu Tokugawa

  8. Yataro Kurokawa

    Yataro Kurokawa

  9. Chiezō Kataoka

    Chiezō Kataoka

    Toshinaga Maeda

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    Released
    Original Language
    Japanese
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