GOSHA Hideo's "THE HUNTED SAMURAI"

(Mushuku Zamurai)

1973 – Color - 95 min.  –  REMASTERED ACADEMY STANDARD (4:3)

Starring: AMACHI Shigeru

                MATSUO Kayo, YAMAMOTO Tsutomu

                SATO Kyoichi, NISHIMURA Ko

Developed by: GOSHA Hideo

Music by: TOMITA Isao

 Directed by: TANAKA Tokuzo (episode 1)

                 GOSHA Hideo (episode 2)

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“Make no mistake, the penalty for desertion is death!”

Those words start one of the most extraordinary samurai era television series to ever come out of Japan. Created and developed by master filmmaker Gosha Hideo this is one of the first times that feature film quality hit the small screen. Megastar Amachi Shigeru is Gen, a former ninja with a price on his head traveling about Japan seeking the identity of the mysterious “Kagekubo” leader of his former group who issued the death warrant for desertion.

Episode 1: THE NINJA LAW

When top ninja Yatoji meets the beautiful daughter of a village leader it opens his eyes to leave the group and start a new life as a farmer. Yatoji’s best friend Gen is ordered to execute him which leads him to question the life he has been living. Now a fugitive ninja, Gen is pursued by wave after wave of bloodthirsty enemies led by Kirara, the female ninja that he betrayed.

Episode 2: THE BLOODY INN

Gen decides to help a prostitute that has lost the will to live after her lover was murdered. As the story unfolds secrets are revealed that lead up to a bloody climax against a master swordsman who remains a loyal ninja to the very end!