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Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

1973 · 81 min

A grimy, blood-soaked descent into cynical samurai exploitation, stylish and lurid but emotionally cold.

Overview
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • crime
  • power
  • corruption
  • death
Places
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror4
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action
Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Written by
Susumu Saji
Starring
Tetsuro Tamba, Tatsuo Endō, Ryōhei Uchida, Kyōichi Satō, Yuriko Hishimi, Rena Ichinose, Emi Katsura, Ruriko Ikejima
Music
Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography
Jūhei Suzuki
Runtime
81 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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