Three Outlaw Samurai | reviewed by: Lee Weber | February 14, 2012
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Fans of Samurai films need to give this a spin. Great acting & some humor mingle w/ adventure and swordplay-though a bit on the talkie side.
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| synopsis | 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. |
| lead actors | Tetsurô Tanba | Isamu Nagato | Mikijiro Hira | Miyuki Kuwano | Yoshiko Kayama | Kyoko Aoi | Kamatari Fujiwara | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Jun Tatara | Toshie Kimura | ôko Mihara |
| director | Hideo Gosha |