# The Legend of Zipang (1990)

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**Original title**: *ZIPANG*
**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Kaizo Hayashi
**Written by**: Kaizo Hayashi, Arata Tendo
**Starring**: Masahiro Takashima, Narumi Yasuda, Shiro Sano, Yukio Yamato, Kenya Sawada, Mikijiro Hira

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You flee across Sengoku-era Japan, a bounty on your head. But a crack-shot huntress finds herself falling for you. They journey together to find a sword of pure gold.

Hayashi’s film mixes chanbara action with screwball comedy. The set design and costuming choices alone linger.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, outsider, playful

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