Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Japanese name
Kanji雲霧仁左衛門
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKumokiri Nizaemon
Directed byHideo Gosha
Written byKaneo Ikegami
StarringTatsuya Nakadai
Junko Miyashita
Music byToshiaki Tsushima
Production
company
Release date
  • July 1, 1978 (1978-07-01)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (雲霧仁左衛門, Kumokiri Nizaemon) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha.[1] Based on the novel Kumokiri Nizaemon written by Shōtarō Ikenami.[2]

Cast

Production

Reception

Jason Buchanan at AllMovie says that director Hideo Gosha makes a "triumphant return to the samurai genre with this plot twisting, nerve shredding tale",[3] but critic Alexander Jacoby calls it "a bland chanbara".[4]

Awards and nominations

21st Blue Ribbon Awards[5]

Other adaptation

References

  1. ^ "雲霧仁左門". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「雲霧仁左衛門」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bandits Vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)". AllRovi. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  5. ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

External links

Films directed by Hideo Gosha
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