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4.2 / 5 (based on 3 ratings). What did you think of it?
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| Plot: | The story involves a former samurai who abandons his class to become the leader of a gang of bandits. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan to revenge for the destruction of his own family by the official they served.
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| Overview: | A genre filmmaker excelling in samurai films, Hideo Gosha began his career producing and direction action dramas and television series in the sixties. "Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron", made in the middle period of his career, is one of his most ambitious films. Spanning over ten years and with a complicated plot involving more than a dozen speaking parts, weaving a web of passionate love and spiteful vengeance, the film manages to be both highly entertaining and stylized. The story involves a former samurai warrior who abandons his class to become the leader of a gang of bandits. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan to revenge for the destruction of his own family by the official they served.
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| Cast: |
Tatsuya Nakadai || Shima Iwashita || Shogoro Ichikawa || Takashi Yamaguchi || Koshiro Matsumoto || Tetsuro Tamba || Keiko Matsuzaka
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| Running Time: | 163 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | Japanese
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| Subtitles: | ENGLISH, Chinese (Traditional)
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| Distributor: |
Panorama Entertainment [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | | UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board." |
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| Features: |
Full ScreenDolby Digital 5.1 SurroundCast/Crew Info.
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