Legend of the Eight Samurai

You are Princess Shizu, sole survivor of a massacre. Eight mystical samurai pledge to avenge your family. But an undead clan hungers to flay you alive. Fukasaku wrings high camp from feudal Japan. The film lingers between solemnity and spectacle.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed Legend of the Eight Samurai in 1983. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Legend of the Eight Samurai was released in 1983 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 133 minutes.