A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

• DirectorTakashi Miike
• Release25 September 2010
• Genre
  Adventure / Drama
• Duration2h 21m
• Budget$6,000,000
• Revenue$17,555,141
• Rate
  

  7.327
  1181 reviews
• Productions

  TOHO, Sedic International, Toei Studios Kyoto, OLM, TV Asahi Music, IMAGICA, TV Asahi, dentsu, Shogakukan, The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Television Hokkaido Broadcasting, Yahoo! Japan, TSUTAYA Group, Hiroshima Home Television, Sedic Deux, Raku Film, Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Japan Action Enterprise