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Samurai Banners (1969)

Samurai Banners poster
Original title
風林火山
Directed by
Hiroshi Inagaki
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 45m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A samurai warlord schemes to expand his territory by using a skilled strategist who devises tactics and alliances. The film follows their campaign across feudal Japan with large-scale battles and political maneuvering.

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What happens

Samurai Banners (Japanese: 風林火山, Hepburn: Fūrin Kazan) is a Japanese samurai drama film released in 1969. It was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and is based on the novel Furin kazan by Yasushi Inoue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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