Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (雲霧仁左衛門, Kumokiri Nizaemon) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha.[1] Based on the novel Kumokiri Nizaemon written by Shōtarō Ikenami.[2]
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| Kanji | 雲霧仁左衛門 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hideo Gosha | ||||
| Written by | Kaneo Ikegami | ||||
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Junko Miyashita | ||||
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima | ||||
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Running time | 160 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Cast edit
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kumokiri Nizaemon
- Shima Iwashita as Chiyo
- Kōshirō Matsumoto as Shikubu Abe
- Takashi Yamaguchi as Tsugutomo Owari
- Isao Natsuyagi
- Hiroyuki Nagato
- Rinichi Yamamoto
- Kunie Tanaka
- Shingo Yamashiro
- Tatsuo Umemiya
- Takuzo Kawatani
- Hideo Takamatsu as Yamada Tobei
- Tappie Shimokawa as Jihei
- Tetsurō Tamba as Kichibei
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Shino
- Junko Miyashita as Menbiki Okyo
- Ryōhei Uchida as Yomohichi Chiaki
- Mitsuko Baishō as Omatsu
- Mikio Narita
- Go Kato
Production edit
- Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art direction
Reception edit
Jason Buchanan at AllMovie says that director Hideo Gosha makes a "triumphant return to the samurai genre with this plot twisting, nerve shredding tale",[3] but critic Alexander Jacoby calls it "a bland chanbara".[4]
Awards and nominations edit
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Junko Miyashita
Other adaptation edit
References edit
- ^ "雲霧仁左門". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「雲霧仁左衛門」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ "Bandits Vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)". AllRovi. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
External links edit
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron at IMDb
- 雲霧仁左衛門 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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