Eleven Samurai (1966)

Original title

十一人の侍

Directed by

Eiichi Kudo

Genre

action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young feudal lord is targeted for assassination. Eleven samurai must protect him and uncover the conspiracy behind the threat.

tensepacedtraditionaldramaticperiod pieceformaldeliberateserious

What happens

Eleven Samurai (Japanese: 十一人の侍, romaji: Jūichinin no Samurai), also known as 11 Samurai, is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo. This is the third and final chapter in Kudo's Samurai Revolution trilogy. The plot is a samurai epic with a loose historical basis. "The young Lord Nariatsu was probably modeled after the real life figure of Matsudaira Nariyoshi, also known as Matsudaira Tokunosuke (1819-1839)," who was the 19th or the 20th son of the Shōgun Ienari (1787–1837) and the younger brother of the Shōgun Ieyoshi (1837–1853). "Nariyoshi died when he was 19 years old--a perfect fit for this story. The circumstances surrounding his death are obscure, which is also very convenient for dramatic purposes." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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