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Kaze no Bushi (1964)

Kaze no Bushi poster
Original title
風の武士
Directed by
Tai Katō
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wandering samurai gets entangled with a woman from his past while facing rival clans in feudal Japan. The story mixes sword fights with personal conflicts and old loves.

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What happens

Kaze no Bushi (風の武士) is a 1961 jidaigeki novel by Ryōtarō Shiba (the author of Fukurō no Shiro). It has been adapted into a 1960-1961 TV series and a Toei Company 1964 color chanbara film under the same title, directed by Tai Kato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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