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ese film directed by

Kazuo Ikehiro is a Japanese film director. He is known for directing Zatoichi series and the highly acclaimed Malay film Onna Gokuakuchō. In 1950, he joined the Daiei Film and started working as an assistant director under Kenji Mizoguchi etc. In 1960, h ...

. It is based on

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. The film depicts the early years of

Horibe Yasubei was a warrior in Japan. Yasubee was born to , a samurai of the Shibata Domain (a Han (country subdivision), ''han'' in present-day Niigata Prefecture) . When Yasubee was 13, his father lost his position and became a rōnin. Soon afterwards, Yaji ...

and Tange Tenzen's relationship.

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. He was the son of ''jidaigeki'' actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother, Yūki Meguro, who is also an actor. With ex-wife actress Akiko Nishina he had tw ...

as Tange Tenzen *

Kojiro Hongo was a Japanese actor. Hongo won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959. His notable international performances were in the Daiei Studios Gamera films. Selected filmography Film * ''Geo Tree'' (1959) * ''The Demon of Mount Oe'' ...

Nakayama Yasubei was a warrior in Japan. Yasubee was born to , a samurai of the Shibata Domain (a ''han'' in present-day Niigata Prefecture) . When Yasubee was 13, his father lost his position and became a rōnin. Soon afterwards, Yajiemon died, and as Yasubee' ...

* Yumi Iwai as Nagao Chiharu *

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as Nagao Ryunosuke * Yoshihiko Aoyama as Asano Takumi no Kami * Shousaku Sugiyama as

Kira Yoshinaka was a '' kōke'' (master of ceremonies). His court title was '' Kōzuke no suke (上野介)''. He is famous as the adversary of Asano Naganori in the events of the Forty-seven rōnin. Although his name (義央) has been long pronounced as "Yosh ...

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* Tastuo Matsumura as Chisaka Takafusa

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Samurai Vendetta is a 1959 Japanese chambara film directed by Kazuo Mori starring Raizo Ichikawa and Shintaro Katsu that was originally released by Daiei Film. It is a depiction of the early years of the samurai Horibe Yasubei, who was one of the Forty-seven R ...

References

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