Kihachi Okamoto

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Samurai Assassin (1965): Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratana…; Sharply delivered samurai epic based on the infamous Sakurada Gate Incident of 1860 in which a high–ranking shogunite official was assassinated…
Sword of Doom (Dai-bosatsu tôge) (1966): Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai; Based on a long–running Japanese newspaper serial, this stars Tatsuya Nakadai as an evil wandering samurai in feudal Japan who sees himself as…
Kill! (Kiru) (1968): Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai; A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
Red Lion (Akage) (1969): Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shiwa Iwashita; A fine samurai comedy from dir. Okamoto (KILL!), has a luckless soldier (Toshiro Mifune) don a brilliant red hairpiece (thus impersonating a…
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (Zatoichi 20) (1970): Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune; An enjoyable spin on the Japanese samurai genre, depicts a comedic rivalry between Katsu and Mifune in a secluded mountain village. Although lacking…