
The Master Spearman
Drama
Lenguage:99 min
Duration:ja
Release date:May 15, 1960
Calificacion:5.2
Description:
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.
Cast

Ryutaro OtomoTakasada Tomita

Chikage AwashimaSakon Murayama

Hiromi HanazonoUmeme

Isao YamagataMitsunari Ishida

Kensaku HaraKazunobu Tomita

Masao OdaKichibei

Eitarō OzawaIeyasu Tokugawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Chiezō KataokaToshinaga Maeda

Ryōsuke Kagawa