

MovieFantasyAdventureAction
Legend of the Eight Samurai
5.9(36)19832h 13m
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.
- Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Writers
- Kinji Fukasaku,Toshio Kamata
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Cast

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

Nagare Hagiwara
Yonosuke
Mamako Yoneyama
Funamushi

Akira Shioji
Genjin

Akira Hamada
Akushiro

Tatsuo Endō
Hikiroku

Seizō Fukumoto
Retainer B

Mikio Narita
Ohta Sukemasa

Masataka Naruse
Retainer A (as Tadashi Naruse)

Harumi Sone
Hinoue Miyaroku

Ryōichi Takayanagi
Ohta Masaharu

Taiji Tonoyama
Hikojii

Nana Okada
Hamaji
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Crew
Directing
- Kinji FukasakuDirector
- Yoshikuni MatsunagaAssistant Director
Writing
- Kinji FukasakuScreenplay
- Toshio KamataScreenplay
- Toshio KamataNovel
Production
- Hiroshi SugawaraProducer
- Haruki KadokawaProducer
Camera
- Seizō SengenDirector of Photography
Sound
- Joey CarboneOriginal Music Composer
- Masahide SakumaOriginal Music Composer
- Yukio AizawaMusic
- Toshio KiharaMusic
- Hiroyuki NambaMusic
- Richie ZitoMusic
Art
- Tsutomu ImamuraProduction Design
- Tsutomu ImamuraArt Direction
Visual Effects
- Tetuzo OsawaVisual Effects
Crew
- Nobuo YajimaSpecial Effects Coordinator
- Hiroo MinamiStunt Coordinator