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The Master Spearman

The Master Spearman

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 15, 1960

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama

User Score

52%

Original Title

酒と女と槍

Production Companies

Toei Company

Director

Tomu Uchida

Description

This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.