Duel of Blood and Sand
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- Runtime
- 91 mins
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.
Cast
- Ryutaro Otomo
- Miyuki Sasa
- Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
- Satomi Oka
- Jūshirō Konoe
- Kei Satō
- Masao Mishima
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Jotaro Togami
- Yoshiko Yashioji
- Hideo Hongo
- Toyo Takahashi
- Kinji Nakamura
- Shunya Wazaki
- Shinnosuke Ogata
- Keiko Ogasawara
- Akira Shioji
- Kenji Kusumoto
- Masataka Iwao
- Haruko Izumi
- Masako Nakane
- Kentaro Ozato
- Kensaku Haruji
- Koji Kiyomura
Director
- Sadatsugu Matsuda
Producers
Screenwriter
- Michihei Muramatsu