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Legend of the Eight Samurai

5.819832h 13mMovieFantasyAdventureAction

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but…

DirectorKinji Fukasaku
WritersKinji Fukasaku·Toshio Kamata
ProducersHiroshi Sugawara·Haruki Kadokawa

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Cast · Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

HYHiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Princess Shizu
HSHiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada
Inue Shinbei Masashi
SCSonny Chiba
Sonny Chiba
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
MTMinori Terada
Minori Terada
Inumura Daikaku Masanori
MKMasaki Kyomoto
Masaki Kyomoto
Inuzuka Shino Moritaka
ESEtsuko Shihomi
Etsuko Shihomi
Inusaka Keno Tanetomo
TF
Takuya Fukuhara
Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito
SKShunsuke Kariya
Shunsuke Kariya
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori
KOKenji Ohba
Kenji Ohba
Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi
KMKeiko Matsuzaka
Keiko Matsuzaka
Princess Fuse (voice)
MNMari Natsuki
Mari Natsuki
Tamazusa
YMYūki Meguro
Yūki Meguro
Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji

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