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The Master Spearman (1960)

Overview

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.
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Tomu Uchida profile
Tomu Uchida

Director

Masato Ide profile
Masato Ide

Screenplay

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo profile
Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

Chikage Awashima profile
Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

Hiromi Hanazono profile
Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

Isao Yamagata profile
Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

Kensaku Hara profile
Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

Masao Oda profile
Masao Oda

Kichibei

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa profile
Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō Kataoka profile
Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa profile
Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eijirō Kataoka profile
Eijirō Kataoka

Kajō Onoe profile
Kajō Onoe

Ryutaro Otomo profile
Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

Chikage Awashima profile
Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

Hiromi Hanazono profile
Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

Isao Yamagata profile
Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

Kensaku Hara profile
Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

Masao Oda profile
Masao Oda

Kichibei

Eitarō Ozawa profile
Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa profile
Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō Kataoka profile
Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa profile
Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eijirō Kataoka profile
Eijirō Kataoka

Kajō Onoe profile
Kajō Onoe

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Release Date

May 15, 1960

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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