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Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to dominate Japan, where rival warlords contend for supremacy, by waging war against multiple clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and vanishes soon after.

Director(s)

Takeshi Kitano

Kimiyoshi Adachi

Cast & Crew

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Akechi Mitsuhide

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Sen no Rikyu

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Kuroda Kanbei

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Oda Nobunaga

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Hashiba Hidenaga

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Tamezo

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Shimizu Muneharu

Ryota Bando

Ryota Bando

Swordsman

Rie Shibata

Rie Shibata

Matsu

Kenichi Endo

Kenichi Endo

Araki Murashige

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Hanya no Sahei

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

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Yûrei Yanagi

Yûrei Yanagi

Village Man

Makoto Ashikawa

Makoto Ashikawa

Priest

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Sorori Shinzaemon

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Takashi Nishina

Takashi Nishina

Koroku Hachisuka

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Naniwa Mosuke

Kenta Kiritani

Kenta Kiritani

Hattori Hanzo

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Tadaie Ukita

Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Kazumasu Takigawa

Kanichiro

Kanichiro

Mori Ranmaru

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Ankokuji Ekei

Tetsu Hirahara

Tetsu Hirahara

Bosatsu no Gonzo

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Saito Toshimitsu

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Yajima

Todakatsu Honda

Toshihide Tonesaku

Toshihide Tonesaku

Nagahide Niwa

Kimiyoshi Adachi

Kimiyoshi Adachi

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Ginpei Sato

Ginpei Sato

Swordsman

Sotaro Tanaka

Sotaro Tanaka

Swordsman

Yojin Hino

Yojin Hino

Samurai

Makoto Ôtake

Makoto Ôtake

Mamiya Buryou

Jun Soejima

Jun Soejima

Yasuke

Hawking Aoyama

Hawking Aoyama

Kogenbo

Amawres Ani

Amawres Ani

Choji

Shoken Kunimoto

Shoken Kunimoto

Swordsman

Takeshi Ohnishi

Takeshi Ohnishi

Swordsman

Kenzo Ryu

Kenzo Ryu

Swordsman

Shinichi Kotani

Shinichi Kotani

Swordsman

Kazuhiko Kubo

Kazuhiko Kubo

Fake General

Kimiyoshi Kibe

Kimiyoshi Kibe

Fake General in Battle

Tsuyoshi Hayakawa

Tsuyoshi Hayakawa

Swordsman

Yoshiko Nonome

Yoshiko Nonome

Geisha

Omiya no Matsu

Omiya no Matsu

Farmer

Santiago Herrera

Santiago Herrera

Foreign Priest

Nao Yamauchi

Nao Yamauchi

Dancer

Malta Ayase

Malta Ayase

Dancer

Makoto Kikuchi

Makoto Kikuchi

Geisha

Kyoko Matsumoto

Kyoko Matsumoto

Geisha

Sayaka Tsukahara

Sayaka Tsukahara

Geisha

Tomomi Shimamura

Tomomi Shimamura

Girlfriend

Rie Shimizu

Rie Shimizu

Dancer

Yasushi Hirai

Yasushi Hirai

Dancer

Katsushi Ikeda

Katsushi Ikeda

Dancer

Tatsuo Higashida

Tatsuo Higashida

Dancer

Akira Takeuchi

Akira Takeuchi

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Details

GenresHistory, Action, Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Runtime2h 11 mins
Released on23 Nov 2023
Languageja
Produced InJapan
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Reviews

MovieGuys

4/10

To say this is weird is an understatement. First off, apparently all Samurai are gay. Yes there is a history of some homosexuality but I don't remember it being this rampant or flagrant. Once again, this comes across as woke pandering. Beyond that its story seems a bit convoluted. Certainly, it takes the cruelty aspect and callousness a little too far. For example, one villager is glad his wife, little daughter and father were murdered. Which rather begs the question of what this film is trying to say about the nuclear family. Nothing good by the sounds of it. In summary, I don't rate this one. It comes across as pushing an agenda, one many of us have had a guts full of.

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