Three Outlaw Samurai
May 13 1964
•2h 33m
•Action, Drama
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.
Cast
See allTetsuro Tamba
Sakon Shiba
Isamu Nagato
Kyôjûrô Sakura
Mikijiro Hira
Einosuke Kikyo
Miyuki Kuwano
Aya
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