Rise against the sword

You rally farmers against sword-wielding bandits rising against the harvest. A warlord admires your victory but demands service. You refuse, and he turns his armies on you instead. Inagaki stages samurai combat like folk-pop ballads, leaving the soil stained.

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Hiroshi Inagaki directed Rise against the sword in 1966. See Hiroshi Inagaki's full filmography, where to start with Hiroshi Inagaki, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Rise against the sword was released in 1966 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.