In this deadpan parody of Japan's then-popular samurai film genre, Genta (Tatsuya Nakadai) puts down his samurai sword to become a freelance criminal. Meanwhile, Hanjiro (Etsushi Takahashi) is a poor struggling farmer who yearns for the power and respect being a samurai would bring him.
Entering a sleepy village where a civil war is raging within the local ruling clan due to the machinations of the wily Ayuzama (Shigeru Kôyama), the pair of swordsmen must choose sides and fight.
Director: | Kihachi Okamoto |
Producer(s): | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Cast: | Yuriko Hoshi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tadao Nakamaru, Eijirô Tôno, Akira Kubo, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Eisei Amamoto, Seishiro Kuno, Etsushi Takahashi, Shigeru Kôyama |