The Master Spearman
Release Date: 1960-05-15
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.
Rating: 5.2 / 10
Cast
Ryutaro Otomo
as Takasada Tomita
Chikage Awashima
as Sakon Murayama
Hiromi Hanazono
as Umeme
Isao Yamagata
as Mitsunari Ishida
Kensaku Hara
as Kazunobu Tomita
Crew
-
Tomu Uchida - Director
-
Chogoro Kaionji - Novel
-
Taichiro Kosugi - Original Music Composer
-
Takatoshi Suzuki - Art Direction
-
Masato Ide - Screenplay
Reviews
No reviews available.
Similar Movies
53 Stages of the Road
View Details
Sword of the Beast
View Details
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
View Details
The Great Killing
View Details
The Eccentric Shinza
View Details
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
View Details
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
View Details
13 Assassins
View Details
A Fishmonger's Tour
View Details
Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House
View Details
Souls in the Moonlight
View Details
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
View Details
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
View Details
Restoration Fire
View Details
Eight Views of Samurai
View Details
Souls in the Moonlight II
View Details
Souls in the Moonlight III
View Details
Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men
View Details
Bloody Battle at Dawn
View Details