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1h 39m

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

Director

Masato Ide

Screenplay

Cast

Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

Masao Oda

Kichibei

Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eijirō Kataoka

Kajō Onoe

Ryutaro Otomo

Takasada Tomita

Chikage Awashima

Sakon Murayama

Hiromi Hanazono

Umeme

Isao Yamagata

Mitsunari Ishida

Kensaku Hara

Kazunobu Tomita

Masao Oda

Kichibei

Eitarō Ozawa

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō Kataoka

Toshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Eijirō Kataoka

Kajō Onoe

Extra

Release Date

May 15, 1960

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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