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Revenge (1964)

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Original title
仇討
Directed by
Tadashi Imai
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
15
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A low-ranking samurai ends up in an illegal duel that kills a high-ranking official. To avoid a family feud, both men are declared insane and the samurai is sent to live in a remote temple.

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What happens

est un film japonais réalisé par Tadashi Imai, sorti en 1964. Shinpachi Ezaki, un samouraï de basse extraction, se querelle avec Magodayu Okuno, un officier de haut rang, au cours d'une banale inspection d'armes. La querelle débouche sur un duel illégal et la mort de Magodayu. Pour sauver la face des deux familles, les deux participants sont déclarés fous et Shinpachi est envoyé en exil dans un temple éloigné. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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