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The Master Spearman

05/15/1960

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1hr 39min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ryutaro Otomo
  • Chikage Awashima
  • Hiromi Hanazono
  • Isao Yamagata
  • Kensaku Hara

    Director

  • Tomu Uchida

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

Masao Oda

Kichibei

Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa

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