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Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller /  more » Awards: 1 win  more » User Ratings: 8.1 (12,980 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.  more »

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Filmmakers: Akira Kurosawa - Director / Writer (screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima - Writer (screenplay) / Producer, Hideo Oguni - Writer (screenplay), Shûgorô Yamamoto - Writer (novel "Nichinichi heian"), Tomoyuki Tanaka - Producer, Fukuzo Koizumi - Cinematographer, Takao Saitô - Cinematographer, Masaru Satô - Composer, Yoshirô Muraki - Production Designer  more »

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	Reiko Dan ... Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter	172,013