The Master Spearman (1960)
- Original title
- 酒と女と槍
- Directed by
- Tomu Uchida
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A retired samurai is spared from a ritual suicide and chooses to marry a kabuki actress who helped him in his final days.
subduedreflectivequietly romanticunderstatedcontemplativetenderslow-paced
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