Kiru!

Okamoto appears to be having a little fun with chanbara tropes here. Two swordsmen, each with something to prove, find themselves on opposite sides of a clan dispute. Naturally, honor wins out, and they join forces with rebels holed up in a mountain cabin. It is what it is.

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Kihachi Okamoto directed Kiru! in 1968. See Kihachi Okamoto's full filmography, where to start with Kihachi Okamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kihachi Okamoto.

Kiru! was released in 1968 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.