Film

Festival of Swordsmen

1961 · 1h 27m · Action · History · Romance

IMDb

6.3

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of Swordsmen" in the Shogun's presence. Problems arise when some of the martial artists bring their personal grudges to the competition. When Busshi Shirogoro (OTOMO) meets the daughter of the late Lord SANADA Yukimura sparks fly as she tries to use the competition to carry out her vengeance against Shogun Iemitsu.

Ryutaro Otomo

Busshi Shirogoro

Shingo Yamashiro

Shogun Iemitsu

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Iishiro Shurinosuke

Keiko Okawa

Satomi

Eiji Okada

Kamio Shume

Satomi Oka

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Shunji Sakai

Kunio Kaga

Yoshio Yoshida

Eitarō Shindō

Ryuji Kita

Kensaku Hara

Jotaro Togami

Kyoji Sugi

Shinnosuke Ogata

• Shigehiro OzawaDirector
• Hajime TakaiwaScreenplay
• Tsuneo TomitaNovel
• Keiichi HashimotoProducer
• Takeo ItōDirector of Photography
• Seiichi SuzukiOriginal Music Composer
• Katsumi KawaiEditor

Release date

March 21, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Action, History, Romance