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Samurai Banners (1969)

Original title: 風林火山

1969-03-01 · 2h 45m · JA
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Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?

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Hiroshi InagakiDirector

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Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneKansuke YamamotoYoshiko SakumaYoshiko SakumaPrincess YufuKinnosuke NakamuraKinnosuke NakamuraShingen TakedaYūjirō IshiharaYūjirō IshiharaKenshin UesugiKatsuo NakamuraKatsuo NakamuraNobusato ItagakiKan'emon NakamuraKan'emon NakamuraNobukato ItagakiUmenosuke NakamuraUmenosuke NakamuraHagiwara YaemonMasakazu TamuraMasakazu TamuraNobushige TakedaNakamura KanzaburoNakamura KanzaburoTakeda KatsuyoriMayumi OzoraMayumi OzoraPrincess OkotoKen OgataKen OgataHatanaka BuheiMasumi HarukawaMasumi HarukawaBuhei's wife

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Genre affinityAction · War · HistoryPacingAction · LongEmotional intensityWarDirector preference277805Actor preference335730 · 437974 · 375045Country preferenceJp

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What is Samurai Banners about?

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?

How long is Samurai Banners?

Samurai Banners has a runtime of 165 minutes.