Warring Clans

Warring Clans
Directed by	Kihachi Okamoto
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka[1]
Screenplay by	Kihachi Okamoto; Takeshi Sano; Shinichi Sekizawa[1];
Starring	Yūzō Kayama; Makoto Satō; Yuriko Hoshi; Kumi Mizuno;
Music by	Masaru Sato[1]
Cinematography	Yuzuru Aizawa[1]
Production; company	Toho[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	24 March 1963 (Japan);
Running time	97 minutes[1]
Country	Japan

Warring Clans (戦国野郎, Sengoku Yarō) is a 1963 Japanese samurai film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with a screenplay by Okamoto, Takeshi Sano and Shinichi Sekizawa.[1] The film is about a disenchanted samurai who resorts to smuggling weapons for a rival army.[1]

Japanese cinema specialist David Desser called the film "eccentric".[2]

Cast

Release

Warring Clans was distributed by Toho in Japan on March 24, 1963.[1] It was distributed with English-language subtitles by Toho International in the United States on July 19, 1963.[1] An English-dubbed version was also produced.[1]

References

Citations

Galbraith IV 2008, p. 200.
David Desser, The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa (p.100)

Bibliography

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008200-1] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 200.

[2] David Desser, The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa (p.100)