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Legend of the Eight Samurai
by Kinji Fukasaku
Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝 ,Satomi Hakkenden) is a 1983 Japanese historical martial arts fantasy film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from a 1982 novel Shin Satomi Hakkenden (新・里見八犬伝) by Toshio Kamata, a loose reworking of the epic serial Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.The story follows Shizu-hime (Hiroko Yakushimaru), her family slain and on the run from her enemies. As the escapes she is found by the vagabond Shinbei (Hiroyuki Sanada), before being rescued from her pursuers by Dōsetsu (Sonny Chiba). He tells her the legend of a curse on her family, and of eight beads that identify eight dog-warriors who can lift it, of which he and his companion are two. To defeat the evil queen Tamazusa (Mari Natsuki) who killed her family, they must find all eight. But Shinbei hears of Shizu-hime's identity, and vows to collect the reward for capturing her.
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Language: Japanese
Year of production: 1983
Length: 136 min
Country: Japan
Directors:
Kinji Fukasaku
Producers:
Haruki Kadokawa
Actors:
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
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