Hatamoto Gurentai (1960)

Original title

旗本愚連隊

Directed by

Seiichi Fukuda

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of masterless samurai get mixed up in a plot involving a stolen treasure and a power struggle in feudal Japan. A young man makes his debut as he joins the fray.

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What happens

Hatamoto Gurentai (Japanese: 旗本愚連隊, Hepburn: Hatamoto's Fools), also known as Samurai Desperadoes, is a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film written by Daisuke Ito and directed by Seiichi Fukuda. Hatamoto Gurentai was adapted from the novel Okubo Hikozaemon written by Genzō Murakami. Masakazu Tamura made his acting debut in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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