Legend of the Eight Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

Fantasy Adventure Drama Action

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.

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  • Release Date: 1983-12-10
  • Runtime: 2h 13min
  • Director: Kinji Fukasaku

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    Cast

    • Hiroko Yakushimaru

      Princess Shizu

    • Hiroyuki Sanada

      Inue Shinbei Masashi

    • Sonny Chiba

      Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo

    • Minori Terada

      Inumura Daikaku Masanori

    • Masaki Kyomoto

      Inuzuka Shino Moritaka

    • Etsuko Shihomi

      Inusaka Keno Tanetomo

    • Takuya Fukuhara

      Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito

    • Shunsuke Kariya

      Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori

    • Kenji Ohba

      Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi

    • Keiko Matsuzaka

      Princess Fuse (voice)

    • Mari Natsuki

      Tamazusa

    • Yūki Meguro

      Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji

    • Nagare Hagiwara

      Yonosuke

    • Mamako Yoneyama

      Funamushi

    • Akira Shioji

      Genjin

    • Akira Hamada

      Akushiro

    • Tatsuo Endō

      Hikiroku

    • Seizō Fukumoto

      Retainer B

    • Mikio Narita

      Ohta Sukemasa

    • Masataka Naruse

      Retainer A (as Tadashi Naruse)

    • Harumi Sone

      Hinoue Miyaroku

    • Ryōichi Takayanagi

      Ohta Masaharu

    • Taiji Tonoyama

      Hikojii

    • Nana Okada

      Hamaji

    • Akihiro Shimizu

      Flute Samurai

    • Akio Kobune

      Black Samurai D

    • Akira Yamamoto

    • Daigaku Sekine

      Black Samurai B

    • Emi Uema

      Village Girl

    • Emiko Maekawa

      Poison Girl D

    • Hiroko Suwa

      Poison Girl E

    • Jiro Shirai

      Black Samurai F

    • Junichi Hosokawa

      Black Samurai H

    • Keiko Moriyama

      Poison Girl C

    • Kenji Ikeda

    • Kenjirou Ishimaru

      Banquet Samurai A

    • Kiyokazu Inoue

    • Mai Ooishi

      Poison Girl B

    • Makiko Kitashiro

      Masaka

    • Masao Hirakawa

      Retainer D

    • Mayumi Matsumura

      Poison Girl F

    • Minken Karasawa

    • Mizuho Suzuki

      Guide Samurai

    • Naoto Ikeda

      Village Boy

    • Noboru Maro

      Black Samurai C

    • Noriko Kojima

      Poison Girl A

    • Rantaro Mine

      Retainer C

    • Ryuji Komine

      Peasant

    • Ryûji Tsubaki

    • Seigo Inoue

      Black Samurai A

    • Seiichi Ehara

      Black Samurai E

    • Shiro Takano

      Banquet Man

    • Shoji Sawada

    • Takeshige Hatanaka

      Banquet Samurai B

    • Tetsuo Fujisawa

      Black Samurai G

    • Tsuyako Okajima

      Old Village Woman

    • Yasuhiro Suzuki

      Arimura

    • Yôko Inagaki

    • Yôko Miyanagi

    • Yukio Miyagi

    • Yuko Kada

      Kohagi

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