Legend of the Eight Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai

133 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Dec. 10, 1983

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.

Legend of the Eight Samurai

133 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Dec. 10, 1983

Legend of the Eight Samurai
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Kadokawa Pictures, Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 里見八犬伝
Directors Yoshikuni Matsunaga, Kinji Fukasaku
Writers Toshio Kamata, Kinji Fukasaku

Cast

Hiroko Yakushimaru

as Princess Shizu

Hiroyuki Sanada

as Inue Shinbei Masashi

Sonny Chiba

as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo

Minori Terada

as Inumura Daikaku Masanori

Masaki Kyômoto

as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka

Etsuko Shihomi

as Inusaka Keno Tanetomo

Takuya Fukuhara

as Inukawa Sosuke Yoshito

Shunsuke Kariya

as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori

Kenji Ohba

as Inukai Genpachi Nobufuchi

Keiko Matsuzaka

as Princess Fuse (voice)

Mari Natsuki

as Tamazusa

Yûki Meguro

as Hikita Gonnokami Motofuji

Nagare Hagiwara

as Yonosuke

Mamako Yoneyama

as Funamushi

Akira Shioji

as Genjin

Akira Hamada

as Akushiro

Nana Okada

as Hamaji