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Samurai Vendetta
Samurai Vendetta

Samurai Vendetta

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Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

22 November 1959

Country

Japan

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Tenge Tanzen

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Nakayama Yasubei

Chitose Maki

Chitose Maki

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Tokiko Mita

Tokiko Mita

Fujio Suga

Fujio Suga

Yoshirō Kitahara

Yoshirō Kitahara

Ryūzō Shimada

Ryūzō Shimada

Toshio Chiba

Toshio Chiba

Yoichi Funaki

Yoichi Funaki

Ichirō Izawa

Ichirō Izawa

Yoshiko Kamo

Yoshiko Kamo

Kitsuko Hama

Kitsuko Hama

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Ryōnosuke Azuma

San'emon Arashi

San'emon Arashi

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Shinobu Araki

Shinobu Araki

Kôichi Tsutamoto

Kôichi Tsutamoto

Kiyohiko Shima

Kiyohiko Shima

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Seishiro Hara

Seishiro Hara

Eigorō Onoe

Eigorō Onoe

Junko Asano

Junko Asano

Tsuneko Sudō

Tsuneko Sudō

Reiko Kongō

Reiko Kongō

Ichirō Takakura

Ichirō Takakura

Sentarô Godai

Sentarô Godai

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Fumihiko Yokoyama

Fumihiko Yokoyama

Jun Katsukawa

Jun Katsukawa

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Masayoshi Kikuno

Masayoshi Kikuno

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Kinjiro Toyama

Kinjiro Toyama

Yoshiro Yasuda

Yoshiro Yasuda

Kiyoshi Kasuga

Kiyoshi Kasuga

Isamu Sakurai

Isamu Sakurai

Sōji Shibata

Sōji Shibata

Takashi Hata

Takashi Hata

Jun Ōsugi

Jun Ōsugi

Akira Konami

Akira Konami

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Masao Minami

Masao Minami

Kenji Ideno

Kenji Ideno

Yoshiki Matsuoka

Yoshiki Matsuoka

Eiko Honma

Eiko Honma

Esuko Kamiwaki

Esuko Kamiwaki

Kyōko Higashiyama

Kyōko Higashiyama

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