
Legend of the Eight Samurai
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12/10/1983Runtime
133 minsOverview
The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
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A gorgeously pulpy samurai-fantasy hybrid where Sonny Chiba and seven warriors battle undead clans, evil spirits, and mythical monsters to save a princess and avenge her slaughtered family. It's operatic spectacle wrapped in 1980s practical effects: part revenge tragedy, part dark supernatural adventure.
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Hiroko Yakushimaru
Princess Shizu

Hiroyuki Sanada
Inue Shinbei Masashi

Sonny Chiba
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo

Minori Terada
Inumura Daikaku Masanori

Masaki Kyomoto
Inuzuka Shino Moritaka

Etsuko Shihomi
Inusaka Keno Tanetomo
Takuya Fukuhara
Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito

Shunsuke Kariya
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori

Kenji Ohba
Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi

Keiko Matsuzaka
Princess Fuse (voice)

Mari Natsuki
Tamazusa

Yūki Meguro
Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji
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