# Samurai Vendetta (1959)

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**Original title**: *薄桜記*
**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Drama, Action
**Directed by**: Kazuo Mori
**Written by**: Daisuke Itō
**Starring**: Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu, Chitose Maki, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Saburo Date, Reiko Fujiwara

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You wander Edo-period Japan as a low-ranking retainer of Lord Asano when the vendetta erupts between his clan and the Kira family. Your own lord’s death splits the samurai into two camps you once drank with. A director of period films sidesteps purity, letting violence and regret move at walking pace until one side must choose between duty and friendship.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn

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