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The Retired Samurai

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Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be coaxed out of retirement to save Shogun Iemitsu from danger. The elderly Hikozaemon has been belittled of late and has seemingly lost the will…

DirectorAkinori Matsuo
WriterIchirō Miyagawa

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Cast · Directed by Akinori Matsuo

TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Hikozaemon Ōkubo
MTMisako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
RTRyo Tamura
Ryo Tamura
SFShunji Fujimura
Shunji Fujimura
DTDaijiro Tsutsumi
Daijiro Tsutsumi

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The Retired Samurai — streaming FAQ

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The Retired Samurai hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 29, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.