Film

Samurai of Hachiman

1981 · 2h · Action · History · Drama

A mysterious swordsman called Hatokuro Yawata (Ken Matsudaira) who appeared from somewhere with white pigeons is actually Naotada Ii, the lord of Hikone Han. He was told that he had an older brother of twin by his mother on her deathbed. Hatokuro pretended to be a citizen in Edo and searched for his brother. However, in Edo, Murasaki Gumi, led by the mysterious Murasaki had power and used it as they like. One day, Hatokuro saved Okyu whose office-worker father was killed from Sanjuro Akaseki of Murasakigumi. It brought about a fierce fight between Murasaki and Hatokuro. What is the identity of Murasaki!?

Yukiji Asaoka

Yū Fujiki

Ken Matsudaira

Tamao Nakamura

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Jun Etoh

Kōji Shimizu

Masaru Shiga

Sakae Umezu

Genji Kawai

Kojou Chiaki

Yoshiro Ichikawa

Shinji Takano

Yoriko Ogawa

Norifumi Sasamoto

Rebun Hori

• Yoshiyuki KurodaDirector · Screenplay
• Shizuo NonamiScreenplay
• Kiichirō YamateNovel

Release date

June 19, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h

Genres

Action, History, Drama, TV Movie