Samurai Vendetta (1959)
1h 49m
Running Time
November 22, 1959Release Date
Samurai Vendetta (1959)
1h 49m
Running Time
November 22, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
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Cast & Crew.
Raizō Ichikawa
Tange Tenzen
Shintarō Katsu
Nakayama Yasubei
Chitose Maki
Actress
Tokiko Mita
Actress
Kazuo Mori
Director
Kôsuke Gomi
Writer
Daisuke Itō
Writer
Nobuo Miura
Producer
Ichirō Saitō
Composer
Shozo Honda
Cinematographer
Akira Inoue
Assistant Director
Seiichi Ôta
Art Direction
Yoshiki Miwa
Set Designer
Kôji Taniguchi
Editor
Yoshiki Matsuoka
Eiko Honma
Esuko Kamiwaki
Kyōko Higashiyama
Ryōnosuke Azuma
San'emon Arashi
Akira Konami
Gen Kimura
Masao Minami
Ichirō Izawa
Yoshiko Kamo
Kitsuko Hama
Gen Shimizu
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Jun Katsukawa
Yūsaku Terashima
Ikkei Tamaki
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Saburo Date
Reiko Fujiwara
Fujio Suga
Yoshirô Kitahara
Ryûzô Shimada
Toshio Chiba
Yoichi Funaki
Kōichi Mizuhara
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Shōzō Nanbu
Shinobu Araki
Kôichi Tsutamoto
Kiyohiko Shima
Seishirō Hara
Eigorō Onoe
Junko Asano
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Samurai Vendetta (薄桜記, Hakuōki) is a 1959 Japanese chambara film directed by Kazuo Mori starring Raizo Ichikawa and Shintaro Katsu that was originally released by Daiei Film. It is a depiction of the early years of the samurai Horibe Yasubei, who was one of the Forty-seven Ronin. The film is also known as Chronicle of Pale Cherry Blossoms, a poetic reference to the Forty-Seven Ronin.