Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Writers:
Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Kamata.
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Hiroko Yakushimaru as Princess Shizu |
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Hiroyuki Sanada as Inue Shinbei Masashi |
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Sonny Chiba as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo |
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Minori Terada as Inumura Daikaku Masanori |
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Masaki Kyomoto as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka |
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Etsuko Shihomi as Inusaka Keno Tanetomo |
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Takuya Fukuhara as Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito |
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Shunsuke Kariya as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori |
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Kenji Ohba as Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi |
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Keiko Matsuzaka as Princess Fuse (voice) |
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Mari Natsuki as Tamazusa |
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Yūki Meguro as Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji |
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Nagare Hagiwara as Yonosuke |
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Mamako Yoneyama as Funamushi |
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Akira Shioji as Genjin |
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Akira Hamada as Akushiro |
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Tatsuo Endō as Hikiroku |
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Seizō Fukumoto as Retainer B |
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Mikio Narita as Ohta Sukemasa |
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Masataka Naruse as Retainer A (as Tadashi Naruse) |
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Harumi Sone as Hinoue Miyaroku |
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Ryōichi Takayanagi as Ohta Masaharu |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Hikojii |
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Nana Okada as Hamaji |
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Akihiro Shimizu as Flute Samurai |
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Akio Kobune as Black Samurai D |
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Akira Yamamoto as |
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Daigaku Sekine as Black Samurai B |
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Emi Uema as Village Girl |
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Emiko Maekawa as Poison Girl D |
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Hiroko Suwa as Poison Girl E |
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Jiro Shirai as Black Samurai F |
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Junichi Hosokawa as Black Samurai H |
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Keiko Moriyama as Poison Girl C |
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Kenji Ikeda as |
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Kenjirou Ishimaru as Banquet Samurai A |
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Kiyokazu Inoue as |
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Mai Ooishi as Poison Girl B |
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Makiko Kitashiro as Masaka |
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Masao Hirakawa as Retainer D |
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Mayumi Matsumura as Poison Girl F |
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Minken Karasawa as |
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Mizuho Suzuki as Guide Samurai |
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Naoto Ikeda as Village Boy |
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Noboru Maro as Black Samurai C |
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Noriko Kojima as Poison Girl A |
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Rantaro Mine as Retainer C |
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Ryuji Komine as Peasant |
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Ryûji Tsubaki as |
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Seigo Inoue as Black Samurai A |
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Seiichi Ehara as Black Samurai E |
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Shiro Takano as Banquet Man |
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Shoji Sawada as |
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Takeshige Hatanaka as Banquet Samurai B |
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Tetsuo Fujisawa as Black Samurai G |
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Tsuyako Okajima as Old Village Woman |
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Yasuhiro Suzuki as Arimura |
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Yôko Inagaki as |
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Yôko Miyanagi as |
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Yukio Miyagi as |
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Yuko Kada as Kohagi |
| Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
| Directing | Yoshikuni Matsunaga | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Seizō Sengen | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tsutomu Imamura | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Tetuzo Osawa | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Masahide Sakuma | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Joey Carbone | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kinji Fukasaku | Screenplay |
| Writing | Toshio Kamata | Screenplay |
| Production | Hiroshi Sugawara | Producer |
| Art | Tsutomu Imamura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshio Kihara | Music |
| Sound | Yukio Aizawa | Music |
| Sound | Hiroyuki Namba | Music |
| Sound | Richie Zito | Music |
| Crew | Nobuo Yajima | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Writing | Toshio Kamata | Novel |
| Production | Haruki Kadokawa | Producer |
| Crew | Hiroo Minami | Stunt Coordinator |