Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

1978 film
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
Shochiku
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

  • Kumokiri Nizaemon

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.
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Films directed by Hideo Gosha
  • Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
  • Sword of the Beast (1965)
  • Cash Calls Hell (1966)
  • The Secret of the Urn (1966)
  • Samurai Wolf (1966)
  • Samurai Wolf II (1967)
  • Goyokin (1969)
  • Hitokiri (1969)
  • The Wolves (1971)
  • Violent Streets (1974)
  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
  • Hunter in the Dark (1979)
  • Onimasa (1982)
  • The Geisha (1983)
  • Fireflies in the North (1984)
  • Oar (1985)
  • Tracked (1985)
  • Death Shadows (1986)
  • The Yakuza Wives (1986)
  • Tokyo Bordello (1987)
  • Carmen 1945 (1988)
  • Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
  • Kagero (1991)
  • The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)
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