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The Betrayal

The Betrayal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 2, 1966

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Action, Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

大殺陣 雄呂血

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Description

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a master-less ronin, if not hunted down and killed.