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Legend of the 8 Samurai (1984) Sonny Chiba/Kinji Fukasaku

8016DVD

director: Kinji Fukasaku
starring: Hiroko Yakushimasu · Hiroyuki Sanada
Sonny Chiba · Etsuko Shiomi · Masaki Kyomoto
Mari Natsuki · Yuuki Meguro

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Another entry in Adness/Ventura's spectacular
Sonny Chiba Collection
(check "Chiba" in the search engine for more).

This is the STAR WARS of samurai movies, a big-budget epic, based on an ancient Chinese legend (modernized for the Japanese by Bakin Takizawa in the Edo Era). Legendary director Kinji Fukasaku (of BATTLE ROYALE fame) gathers an impressive cast of top stunt/actors for this exceptional horror/fantasy about a princess and her handpicked gang of mercenary samurai in a battle against a witch and her ghost army.

A Japanese film; widescreen (2.00:1) uncut (139 min.) version in DVD encoded for REGION 1, playable on any American DVD machine; in Japanese language with English subtitles as an option.

Adult Material/Violence: Viewer discretion is advised.

$19.95