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
Ryutaro Otomo
as Takasada Tomita
Chikage Awashima
as Sakon Murayama
Hiromi Hanazono
as Umeme
Isao Yamagata
as Mitsunari Ishida
Kensaku Hara
as Kazunobu Tomita
Tomu Uchida - Director
Chogoro Kaionji - Novel
Taichiro Kosugi - Original Music Composer
Takatoshi Suzuki - Art Direction
Masato Ide - Screenplay
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