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      Three Outlaw Samurai

      1964 1h 35m Action History Drama List
      80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 88% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Three lowly farmers capture the daughter of a greedy local governor. The men intend to hold the girl for ransom until taxes are lowered. Unfortunately, they don't have any combat experience and are outmatched by the governor's thugs. Luckily, Sakon Shiba (Tetsuro Tamba), a scrupulous wandering warrior, arrives in town. Shiba, his warrior friend Kyojuro Sakura (Isamu Nagato) and ex-government ronin Einosuke Kikyo (Mikijirō Hira) defend the peasants, which leads to a final, brutal showdown. Read More Read Less

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      Yasser Medina Cinefilia It's a Gosha film that lacks the intensity of the chambara cinema found in other masters such as Kurosawa, Inagaki, Kobayashi, and Okamoto. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jul 2, 2021 Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia A swashbuckling and rambunctious tale of power, loyalty and revenge. Jul 16, 2020 Full Review Kevin Wight The Wee Review It's the willingness to subtly subvert the tropes of the samurai film that makes it such compelling viewing and deserving of far higher esteem among the genre's heavyweights. Rated: 4 Jul 15, 2020 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk duly impressive in both its strong, unadorned narrative pacing and its rich cinematography Rated: 3/4 Mar 7, 2012 Full Review Christopher Long Movie Metropolis It's not that no good deed goes unpunished, just that good deeds, like bad ones, are most likely to go for naught. Rated: 8/10 Feb 12, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Matthew D Hideo Gosha has been compared to Samuel Fuller in that both make popcorn action movies as a vehicle for social commentary. The comparison is appropriate. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/22 Full Review s r A good samurai story about injustice, loyalty and honor. Despite its entertaining aspects, it fell short of greatness with a renegade plot and distracting music. Great sword fights though and quality acting. Saw it on TCM. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave j Co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha with samurai drifter, Sakon Shiba (Tetsuro Tamba) crossing with lowly farmers and peasants holding the narcissistic magistrate's daughter in exchanged for lowering taxes. Spoil narcissisticnarcissistic And when a compromise is finally settled, of course the magistrate does not keep his word and punishes the farmers and peasants even more by hunting the ones who are responsible for this petition. Sakon is double crossed and is being tortured until Kyojuro Sakura (Isamu Nagato) conspires to have him set free. Meanwhile, the other Ronin, Einosuke Kikyo (Mikijirō Hira) the magistrate has supposed to have employed decides to join up with Sakon's cause along with Kyojuro. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member It's clumsy in its editing and storytelling, but "Three Outlaw Samurai" still manages to shine through its themes and action sequences. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review isaac m Three Outlaw Samurai is a unique take on Japanese samurais. This movie may not be a classic movie like the Seven Samurai or Ran. However, this movie has everything from intense action sequence to amazing dialogue. I love how this movie is a major influence for filmmakers especially Rian Johnson who used this movie to inspire the Last Jedi. Overall, this cult classic is one of the best samurai movie ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review johnathon w Classic samurai film that takes a twist on the genre, as loyalties change and the good guys are not always clear. The main cast is superb, with each samurai balancing a different level of cynicism in regards to the plight of the peasants against the magistrate. While some are more optimistic, others don't care one way or the other, but all recognize the injustice happening. Behind the camera, director Hideo Gosha crafts almost a crime noir version of a samurai tale, with no real good guys are bad guys (the peasants have real complaints about their plight, but when given an opportunity to something, don't act, while the magistrate is more a bureaucrat than a dictator). Overall, a nice twist of the samurai movie, showing the shades of honor involved. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Three lowly farmers capture the daughter of a greedy local governor. The men intend to hold the girl for ransom until taxes are lowered. Unfortunately, they don't have any combat experience and are outmatched by the governor's thugs. Luckily, Sakon Shiba (Tetsuro Tamba), a scrupulous wandering warrior, arrives in town. Shiba, his warrior friend Kyojuro Sakura (Isamu Nagato) and ex-government ronin Einosuke Kikyo (Mikijirō Hira) defend the peasants, which leads to a final, brutal showdown.
      Director
      Hideo Gosha
      Screenwriter
      Hideo Gosha, Eizaburo Shiba, Keiichi Abe
      Genre
      Action, History, Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 35m