Underplayed Gems

Warring Clans (1963)

Warring Clans poster
Original title
戦国野郎
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Genre
Jidaigeki, pirate film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A samurai who has lost his faith gets involved in smuggling weapons for an enemy army. He navigates double crosses and shifting loyalties while trying to survive.

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What happens

Warring Clans (Japanese: 戦国野郎, Hepburn: Sengoku Yarō) is a 1963 Japanese samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with a screenplay by Okamoto, Takeshi Sano and Shinichi Sekizawa. The film is about a disenchanted samurai who resorts to smuggling weapons for a rival army. Japanese cinema specialist David Desser called the film "eccentric". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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