Film #66: THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI

Three Outlaw Samurai
4 out of 5 stars
Hideo Gosha (GOYOKIN, SWORD OF THE BEAST) directs this absolutely terrific chanbara about 3 disparate samurai coming to the aid of some put-upon peasants. Tetsurô Tanba (YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS), Isamu Nagato (LONE WOLF ISAZO), and Mikijiro Hira (13 ASSASSINS) all-star as the benevolent samurai. The acting is top-notch, the direction is as well. Sword fighting is excellent! The script… think a 3-man SEVEN SAMURAI. I gotta admit it… I liked this one a LOT!