Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda’s realm, advance the claim of Yu’s son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
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Movie Details: Samurai Banners
| Title | Samurai Banners |
| Genre(s) | Action, History, War |
| Release | March 1, 1969 |
| Overview | Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big? |
| Language(s) | 日本語 |
| Director | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Casts | Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yûjirô Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura, Umenosuke Nakamura, Masakazu Tamura, Nakamura Kanzaburo, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ôzora, Masumi Harukawa, Haruko Tôgô, Keiko Sawai, Yoshiko Kuga, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akira Kubo, Ichirô Nakatani, Sachio Sakai, Nakajirô Tomita, Tetsurô Sagawa, Jun'ichirō Mukai, Kitijiro Murata, Ryunosuke Yamazaki, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Masao Shimizu, Jotaro Togami, Kôji Nanbara, Takashi Shimura, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Kan'emon Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yûjirô Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura, Umenosuke Nakamura, Masakazu Tamura, Nakamura Kanzaburo, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ôzora, Masumi Harukawa, Haruko Tôgô, Keiko Sawai, Yoshiko Kuga, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akira Kubo, Ichirô Nakatani, Sachio Sakai, Nakajirô Tomita, Tetsurô Sagawa, Jun'ichirō Mukai, Kitijiro Murata, Ryunosuke Yamazaki, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Masao Shimizu, Jotaro Togami, Kôji Nanbara, Takashi Shimura, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Kan'emon Nakamura |
| Duration | 2 Hours and 45 Minutes |
| Rating | 7,346 |
