Three Outlaw Samurai
– Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dic..
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.
13 May 1964
Japanese
Hideo Gosha
Keiichi Abe (screenplay), Hideo Gosha (screenplay), Eizaburo Shiba (screenplay)
Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano
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.
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