Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Sanbiki no samurai
One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay
94 min
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
- Release date
- May 13, 1964
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Tetsurō Tanba as Sakon Shiba
- Isamu Nagato as Kyôjûrô Sakura
- Mikijirô Hira as Einosuke Kikyô
- Miyuki Kuwano as Aya
- Yoshiko Kayama as Oyasu
- Yôko Mihara as Omaki
- Kyôko Aoi as Omitsu
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Jinbê
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as Uzaemon Matsushita
- Jun Tatara as Yasugorô
- Toshie Kimura as Oine
- Hisashi Igawa as Mosuke
- Ichirō Izawa as Tanabe
- Kichijirō Ueda as Ishigaki
- Nakajirō Tomita as Onda
- Bokuzen Hidari as Sakusan
- Mitsuo Nagata as Kaneko
- Sakae Umezu
- Junkichi Orimoto as Kurahashi
- Yoshirō Aoki as Ouchi Genma
- Kyōichi Satō
- Keiichi Taki
- Kinto Tamura
- Kenzô Tanaka
Crew
- Hideo Gosha · Director
- Keiichi Abe · Writer
- Hideo Gosha · Writer
- Eizaburō Shiba · Writer
- Gin'ichi Kishimoto · Producer
- Tetsurō Tanba · Producer
- Toshiaki Tsushima · Composer
- Tadashi Sakai · Cinematographer
- Kazuo Ôta · Editor