Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
1963 film by Tadashi Imai
- Released
- 1963
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Samurai film
- Director
- Tadashi Imai
- Screenplay
- Yoshikata Yoda
- Music
- Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Starring
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Masayuki Mori, Eijirō Tōno, Kyōko Kishida, Yoshiko Mita, Ineko Arima, Isao Kimura, Yoshi Katō
- Running time
- 122 minutes
- Distributor
- Netflix
Bushido, Samurai Saga (武士道残酷物語, Bushidō zankoku monogatari), also titled Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai and Cruel Tales of Bushido, is a 1963 Japanese drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. It continues to receive critical acclaim, often considered one of the better samurai pictures ever filmed.
Cast
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke
- Masayuki Mori
- Eijirō Tōno
- Kyōko Kishida
- Yoshiko Mita
- Ineko Arima
- Isao Kimura
- Yoshi Katō
- Kikko Matsuoka
- Kō Nishimura
- Satomi Oka
- Kei Satō
- Misako Watanabe
- Kei Yamamoto
- Takeshi Katō
- Eijirō Yanagi
More films directed by Tadashi Imai
- Revenge 1964
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1403726 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.