When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing taxes, a wandering ronin and two renegades from the magistrate's guard take up the fight for them.
Akira Kurosawa made pure magic with the jidaigeki genre, but alongside him there was a ton of samurai era films being produced and while maybe not as prolific as his, they were every bit as worthy of praise. Hideo Gosha's Three Outlaw Samurai was an origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television show and delivers everything that's great about the genre; cinematography that enhances and strengthens the Edo period sets, great justice-driven characters and stylish sword fighting. A great film for samurai enthusiasts that proves there were a lot of big players in this genre.
Genre: Action/Drama
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