Duel of Blood and Sand

The story

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the townspeople have been unable to defend themselves and Inaba sets out to teach them how to stand up for themselves. Meanwhile the vile Lord Yasumasa has sent the 4 finest swordsmen in the clan out to hunt Inaba down and kill him. Led by the magnificent Ichibei (Konoe), a master of weaponry in his own right, everything points to an ultimate showdown between the former friends in a battle to the death.

Cast

R Ryutaro OtomoYajuro Inaba M Miyuki Sasa C Chōjūrō KawarasakiSasuke S Satomi OkaNana J Jūshirō KonoeIchibei K Kei SatōKatsumaki M Masao Mishima K Kamatari FujiwaraMiyuki Sasa J Jotaro Togami Y Yoshiko Yashioji H Hideo HongoKankichi T Toyo Takahashi

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K Kinji Nakamura S Shunya Wazaki S Shinnosuke Ogata K Keiko Ogasawara A Akira Shioji K Kenji Kusumoto M Masataka Iwao H Haruko Izumi M Masako Nakane K Kentaro Ozato K Kensaku Haruji K Koji Kiyomura