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Kihachi Okamoto

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Samurai AssassinSamurai Assassin (1965) Recommended
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratana
Sharply delivered samurai epic based on the infamous Sakurada Gate Incident of 1860 in which a high–ranking shogunite official was assassinated…
Sword of DoomSword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge) (1966) Recommended
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
Based on a long–running Japanese newspaper serial, this stars Tatsuya Nakadai as an evil wandering samurai in feudal Japan who sees himself as…
Kill!Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
Red LionRed Lion (Akage) (1969)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shiwa Iwashita
A fine samurai comedy from dir. Okamoto (KILL!), has a luckless soldier (Toshiro Mifune) don a brilliant red hairpiece (thus impersonating a…
Zatoichi Meets YojimboZatoichi Meets Yojimbo (Zatoichi 20) (1970)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune
An enjoyable spin on the Japanese samurai genre, depicts a comedic rivalry between Katsu and Mifune in a secluded mountain village. Although lacking…

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