Three Outlaw Samurai
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Casts & Crew
Tetsurō Tamba
Isamu Nagato
Mikijiro Hira
Miyuki Kuwano
Yoshiko Kayama
Kyoko Aoi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Jun Tatara
Toshie Kimura
ôko Mihara
Hisashi Igawa
Ichirô Izawa
Kichijirô Ueda
Nakajirô Tomita
Bokuzen Hidari
Mitsuo Nagata
Hiroshi Mugiyama
Hisashi Imabashi
Junkichi Orimoto
Yoshirô Aoki
Saburo Hoshiki
Also Directed by Hideo Gosha
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