The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.
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Toshirō Mifune as Mataemon Araki
Yuriko Hamada as
Takashi Shimura as
Akihiko Katayama as
Minoru Chiaki as
Daisuke Katō as
Shin Tokudaiji as
Kokuten Kōdō as
Bokuzen Hidari as
Toranosuke Ogawa as
Eizaburô Sakauchi as
Zenji Yamada as
Nobuo Kaneko as
Tsuneo Katagiri as
Michiko Tsuyama as
Sachio Sakai as
Yoshiko Hirose as
Kiyoshi Kamoda as
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