TV series
The Bored Samurai
1973–1974 · 1 season
A stately, old-fashioned samurai drama where a deceptively idle hero quietly rights wrongs with swordplay and moral certainty.
- Created by
- Daisuke Yamazaki, Hiroshi Inagaki
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Utaemon Ichikawa, Sakura Kamo, Kawai Okada
- Overview
- The straightforward samurai of the hatamoto class, Saotome Mondonosuke, who has a crescent-shaped scar on his forehead, is known as the "Boring Samurai" because of his idleness. Whenever any incident occurs, he appears in his flashy attire and punishes the evildoers with his fighting skills....
- How it feels
- Earnest, tense and light. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Justice, identity, class, corruption
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Daisuke Yamazaki, Hiroshi Inagaki
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Utaemon Ichikawa, Sakura Kamo, Kawai Okada
