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The Great Duel (1964)

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Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Kōsaku Yamashita
Writer : Akira Murao, Norifumi Suzuki, Sadao Nakajima

Synopsis

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fight until things cooled down. While honing his sword skills in his travels, everything in the town had changed and he descended into a virtual hell of violence. Opponents were being slaughtered by a former samurai ‘Bodyguard’ played by Tanba Tetsuro at the height of his amazing career. While these two master swordsmen are fated to meet, before that can even happen they must survive one of the longest, bloodiest swordfights in movie history!

Actors

Hashizo Okawa
Hashizo Okawa
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba
Minoru Hodaka
Minoru Hodaka
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Yukiyo Toake
Yukiyo Toake
Wakaba Irie
Wakaba Irie
Tsukie Matsuura
Tsukie Matsuura
Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Eijirô Kataoka
Eijirô Kataoka
Kin'nosuke Fujiki
Kin'nosuke Fujiki
Kin'ya Suzuki
Kin'ya Suzuki
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Daisuke Awaji
Daisuke Awaji
Kojirô Kawanami
Kojirô Kawanami
Tatsuo Endō
Tatsuo Endō
Harumi Sone
Harumi Sone
Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Ryôta Minowada
Ryôta Minowada
Tokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Kisho Nomura
Kisho Nomura
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yachiyo Kirishima
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura

Crews

Kōsaku Yamashita
Kōsaku Yamashita
Director
Akira Murao
Akira Murao
Screenplay
Norifumi Suzuki
Norifumi Suzuki
Screenplay
Sadao Nakajima
Sadao Nakajima
Screenplay
Jûhei Suzuki
Jûhei Suzuki
Director of Photography
Jiro Tomita
Jiro Tomita
Art Direction
Chūji Kinoshita
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Shintarô Miyamoto
Shintarô Miyamoto
Editor
Yoichi Yasuda
Yoichi Yasuda
Lighting Technician
Kenjirō Tōjō
Kenjirō Tōjō
Sound Recordist