Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.

• DirectorHideo Gosha
• Release13 May 1964
• Genre
  Action / Drama
• Duration1h 33m
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  7.5
  100 reviews
• Productions

  Samurai Productions, Shochiku