Starring Tetsuo Tamba, Isamu Nagato and Mikijiro Hira. The three samurai defeat the magistrate’s forces, and Shiba tries to have the peasants deliver the appeal to the lord. Simply having ‘samurai’ in the title will evoke Akira Kurosawa, and at first Sakon cuts a figure rather like that of Toshirô Mifune‘s Sanjuro in Yojimbo. Of the five movies listed, 2010’s 13 Assassins is the most recent one. A wandering, seen-it-all … The original trailer for Hideo Gosha's first feature THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI.Out now on Blu-ray and DVD: http://www.criterion.com/films/27734-three-outlaw-samurai Three Outlaw Samurai is available to stream on The Criterion Channel and VOD rental. Three Outlaw Samurai (三匹の侍/Sanbiki no Samurai) is a 1964 Japanese chambara film by director Hideo Gosha. Three Outlaw Samurai, which began airing in 1963, was his most popular of these, hailed for its groundbreaking violence and camera work and its intense sound effects. Three Outlaw Samurai has all the recognisable ingredients of a chanbara set during the Edo period, the final two centuries of feudal Japan. Hideo Gosha's Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) is a simple story told on a small scale, but it packs plenty of drama, suspense and intrigue into just 93 minutes. Image courtesy of the Criterion Collection. Three Outlaw Samurai. Our story revolves around wandering samurai Sakon Shiba (Tetsuro Tamba, You Only Live Twice), who encounters a trio of peasants holding a young woman captive in a rickety old mill. 13 Assassins. The story of three wandering ronin who help out strangers in need, A-Team-style, it was also the basis for his first foray into feature filmmaking in 1964. The film is an origin-story offshoot of the original Japanese television series of the same name. Three Outlaw Samurai (三匹の侍/Sanbiki no Samurai) is a 1964 Japanese chambara film by director Hideo Gosha. [1]. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. Three farmers kidnap the daughter of the local magistrate in order to call attention to the starvation of local peasants, a … Directed by Hideo Gosha. [1] The film is an origin-story offshoot of the original Japanese television series of the same name. Directed by Hideo Gosha • 1964 • Japan Starring Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijiro Hira This first feature by the legendary Hideo Gosha is among the most beloved chanbara (sword-fighting) films. Three Outlaw Samurai, 1964. The peasants, however, are so fearful of the magistrate’s dishonesty and cruelty that they won’t take up Jinbei’s cause. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television phenomenon of the same name, This first feature by the legendary Hideo Gosha is among the most beloved chanbara (sword-fighting) films. 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