01 July 1978 Adventure, Drama, Action 163 mins
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kumokiri Nizaemon
Shima Iwashita as Chiyo
Matsumoto Hakuō II as Shikubu Abe
Takashi Yamaguchi as Tsugutomo Owari
Tetsuro Tamba as Kichibei
Keiko Matsuzaka as Shino
Teruhiko Aoi as Rokunosuke
Shôji Ishibashi as Hyotaro
Takuzō Kawatani as Sanji
Junko Miyashita as Menbiki Okyo
Hiroyuki Nagato as Kichigoro
Joe Shishido as Tominoichi
Isao Natsuyagi as Kumagoro
Mitsuko Baisho as Omatsu
Hideo Takamatsu as Tôbei Yamada
Mikio Narita as Fukuzaemon
Hideo Gosha Director
Kaneo Ikegami Writer
Shōtarō Ikenami Screenplay
Yoshinobu Nishioka Art Direction
Toshiaki Tsushima Original Music Composer
Seiichi Toriizuka Art Direction
Michio Suwa Editor
Masao Kosugi Director of Photography
Tadashi Sakai Director of Photography
Masayuki Satō Producer
Gin'ichi Kishimoto Producer
Shigemi Sugisaki Producer
Rokuro Sugimura Assistant Director
Wataru Onuma Sound Recordist
Kazuo Yamada Lighting Manager
Bandit contre samouraïs Trailer
Kumokiri Nizaemon Trailer
Japan 01 July 1978
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