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Three Outlaw Samurai

1964 · 93 min

A lean, honor-bound swordplay drama that tightens like a drawn blade, mixing muddy peasant hardship with crisp, decisive bursts of violence.

Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Genres: Action, Drama
Starring: Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira

Tagline: One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Genres: Action, Drama
Starring: Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
corruption
loyalty
class
betrayal
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, drama
Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Written by: Keiichi Abe, Eizaburo Shiba, Hideo Gosha
Starring: Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kayama, Yōko Mihara, Kyoko Aoi, Kamatari Fujiwara
Music: Toshiaki Tsushima
Cinematography: Tadashi Sakai
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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