Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...
Directed by Kenji Misumi
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IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Hanpei
Michiko Sugata
Osaki
Kei Satō
Secretery Kanbe
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kyomuzo
Gorō Mutsumi
Yuzo
Kentaro Kudo
Asazo
Asao Uchida
Yaichiro
Ryūzō Shimada
Hatta
Kōichi Mizuhara
Gosuke
Rokkō Toura
Kaino
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Ikenaga
Ikkei Tamaki
Tsuzaki Taichiemon
Crew
Kenji Misumi
Director
Seiji Hoshikawa
Screenplay
Hajime Kaburagi
Original Music Composer
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Andre Affleck
8.0★ · 04/06/26
What a solid film to end Kenji Misumi’s samurai trilogy… either this or Ken is my favourite in the trilogy, but it’s so hard to choose…
Overall… I loved this film and the trilogy and would love to revisit all 3 films again!
What a solid film to end Kenji Misumi’s samurai trilogy… either this or Ken is my favourite in the trilogy, but it’s so hard to choose…
Overall… I loved this film and the trilogy and would love to revisit all 3 films again!
alex glifford
6.0★ · 03/07/26
Not a hot take to call this Misumi’s best looking I’m sure Idk I just didn’t connect with this on any level except the visuals But it wasn’t anywhere near like actually bad Just clunky maybe ? Forced ? Ichikawa is amazing as always but otherwise this just feels like standard Misumi Cutting narrative corners and stuff lowk and piecing together whatever he gets at the end That’s how it feels sometimes anyway The look of this thing is worth checking it out for alone tho Rare to see a chanbara feel so natural and grounded I think I’ve never seen skin show up like this before in this kind of story It feels like it’s real like you could really trace peoples faces through the screen and feel any and every texture Not just skin wise like with all the natural beauty on show too The skin things a little weird My bad
Not a hot take to call this Misumi’s best looking I’m sure Idk I just didn’t connect with this on any level except the visuals But it wasn’t anywhere near like actually bad Just clunky maybe ? Forced ? Ichikawa is amazing as always but otherwise this just feels like standard Misumi Cutting narrative corners and stuff lowk and piecing together whatever he gets at the end That’s how it feels sometimes anyway The look of this thing is worth checking it out for alone tho Rare to see a chanbara feel so natural and grounded I think I’ve never seen skin show up like this before in this kind of story It feels like it’s real like you could really trace peoples faces through the screen and feel any and every texture Not just skin wise like with all the natural beauty on show too The skin things a little weird My bad
