Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
Director:
Sadatsugu Matsuda
Writer:
Michihei Muramatsu
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Ryutaro Otomo as Yajuro Inaba |
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Miyuki Sasa as |
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Chōjūrō Kawarasaki as Sasuke |
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Satomi Oka as Nana |
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Jūshirō Konoe as Ichibei |
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Kei Satō as Katsumaki |
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Masao Mishima as |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Miyuki Sasa |
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Jotaro Togami as |
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Yoshiko Yashioji as |
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Hideo Hongo as Kankichi |
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Toyo Takahashi as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Shunya Wazaki as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Keiko Ogasawara as |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Kenji Kusumoto as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Haruko Izumi as |
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Masako Nakane as |
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Kentaro Ozato as |
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Kensaku Haruji as |
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Koji Kiyomura as |
| Directing | Sadatsugu Matsuda | Director |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shigeji Nakayama | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Nagaki Yamagishi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Katsumi Kawai | Editor |
| Art | Akira Yoshimura | Art Direction |
| Writing | Michihei Muramatsu | Screenplay |
