The Master Spearman
酒と女と槍
Release: 1960-05-15
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 5.2
Drama
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Cast
Eijirō Tōno
Ryutaro Otomo
as Takasada Tomita
Chikage Awashima
as Sakon Murayama
Chiezo Kataoka
as Toshinaga Maeda
Eijirō Kataoka
Shin Tokudaiji
Masao Oda
as Kichibei
Yataro Kurokawa
Fujio Suga
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Kajō Onoe
Hisao Toake
Hiromi Hanazono
as Umeme
Isao Yamagata
as Mitsunari Ishida
Kensaku Hara
as Kazunobu Tomita
Eitarō Ozawa
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
