Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

Original title

里見八犬伝

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

12

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A princess and a band of warriors each marked with a bead from a sacred rosary join forces to defeat an evil sorceress and her army. The story follows their quest to protect their kingdom from destruction.

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What happens

Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝, Satomi Hakken-den) is a 1983 Japanese fantasy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from Toshio Kamata's 1982 novel Shin Satomi Hakkenden (新・里見八犬伝), itself a loose reworking of the epic serial Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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