Based on the novel: Hibi heian / by Shūgorō Yamamoto. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. A foreign film (Japan). Special feature: theatrical trailer, with behind-the-scenes footage. Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keijū Kobayashi, Yūzō Kayama, Reiko Dan.
Summary:
A skilled but slovenly ronin comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders and manages to keep them out of trouble and alive in spite of their high ideals.
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