Samurai Headhunters

Samurai Headhunters

47 mins | Documentary | Sept. 21, 2013

A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.

Samurai Headhunters

47 mins | Documentary | Sept. 21, 2013

Samurai Headhunters
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.
Producers ARTE, ZDF, UKTV, Smithsonian Channel, Urban Canyons
Original title Samurai Headhunters
Directors John Wate
Writers Sebastian Peiter, John Wate

Cast

Demetri Goritsas

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Stephen Turnbull

as Japanese Historian

Antony Cummins

as Martial Arts Historian

Fumon Tanaka

as Martial Arts Grandmaster

Tsunehiro Kabaya

as Museum Curator

Shigeru Inoue

as Samurai Araki

Chika Katou

as Okyo

Kazuya Tsurui

as Tomozo

Yoshiro Murakami

as Warlord

Ryo Heitaku

as Court Samurai

Hibi Ryouto

as Masa's Son