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Samurai Headhunters (2013)

Noble swordsman? Ruthless head collector? The Samurai were both.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 47M

Director : John Wate

Synopsis

A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.

Actors

Demetri Goritsas
Demetri Goritsas
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Stephen Turnbull
Stephen Turnbull
Japanese Historian
Antony Cummins
Antony Cummins
Martial Arts Historian
Fumon Tanaka
Fumon Tanaka
Martial Arts Grandmaster
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Museum Curator
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Masa
Shigeru Inoue
Shigeru Inoue
Samurai Araki
Chika Katou
Chika Katou
Okyo
Kazuya Tsurui
Kazuya Tsurui
Tomozo
Yoshiro Murakami
Yoshiro Murakami
Warlord
Ryo Heitaku
Ryo Heitaku
Court Samurai
Hibi Ryouto
Hibi Ryouto
Masa's Son

Crews

Shigeru Inoue
Shigeru Inoue
Line Producer
Richard Melman
Richard Melman
Executive Producer
Sebastian Peiter
Sebastian Peiter
Producer
Kana Wakabayashi
Kana Wakabayashi
Line Producer
Jan Tilman Schade
Jan Tilman Schade
Music
Klaus Wagner
Klaus Wagner
Music Score Producer
John Wate
John Wate
Director
Paul Jagger
Paul Jagger
Editor
Sebastian Peiter
Sebastian Peiter
Writer
John Wate
John Wate
Writer

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