The Master Spearman (1960)

05/15/1960Drama1h 39m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ryutaro Otomo

    Takasada Tomita

  2. Cast 1

    Chikage Awashima

    Sakon Murayama

  3. Cast 1

    Hiromi Hanazono

    Umeme

  4. Cast 1

    Isao Yamagata

    Mitsunari Ishida

  5. Cast 1

    Kensaku Hara

    Kazunobu Tomita

  6. Cast 1

    Masao Oda

    Kichibei

  7. Cast 1

    Eitarō Ozawa

    Ieyasu Tokugawa

  8. Cast 1

    Yataro Kurokawa

  9. Cast 1

    Chiezō Kataoka

    Toshinaga Maeda

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Original LanguageJapanese 

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