Basic Info
Release: May 15, 1960
Runtime: 99 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.2/10 (4 votes)
Status: Released
The Master Spearman
1960
99 min
⭐ 5.2/10
4 votes
Overview
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Ryutaro Otomo
Takasada Tomita
Chikage Awashima
Sakon Murayama
Hiromi Hanazono
Umeme
Isao Yamagata
Mitsunari Ishida
Kensaku Hara
Kazunobu Tomita
Masao Oda
Kichibei
Eitarō Ozawa
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Yataro Kurokawa
Chiezō Kataoka
Toshinaga Maeda
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Eijirō Kataoka
Kajō Onoe
Crew
Tomu Uchida
Director
Masato Ide
Screenplay
Hiroshi Ookawa
Producer
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