Samurai Banners
Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners

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1969
2h 50m
7.4(22 votes)
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War
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Overview

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?

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31 members
Acting

三船敏郎

Kansuke Yamamoto

三船敏郎
Acting

佐久間良子

Princess Yufu

佐久間良子
Acting

萬屋錦之介

Shingen Takeda

萬屋錦之介
Acting

石原裕次郎

Kenshin Uesugi

石原裕次郎
Acting

中村嘉葎雄

Nobusato Itagaki

中村嘉葎雄
Acting

四代目 中村梅之助

Hagiwara Yaemon

四代目 中村梅之助
Acting

田村正和

Nobushige Takeda

田村正和
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十八代目中村勘三郎

Takeda Katsuyori

十八代目中村勘三郎
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緒形拳

Hatanaka Buhei

緒形拳
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大空眞弓

Princess Okoto

大空眞弓
Acting

春川ますみ

Buhei's wife

春川ますみ
Acting

東郷晴子

Unknown Role

東郷晴子
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沢井桂子

Unknown Role

沢井桂子
Acting

久我美子

Unknown Role

久我美子
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平田昭彦

Suwa Yorishige

平田昭彦
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土屋嘉男

Unknown Role

土屋嘉男
Acting

久保明

Unknown Role

久保明
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中谷一郎

Unknown Role

中谷一郎
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堺左千夫

Unknown Role

堺左千夫
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富田仲次郎

Takada Noriyori

富田仲次郎
Acting

瑳川哲朗

Unknown Role

瑳川哲朗
Acting

向井淳一郎

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Kitijiro Murata

Toda Awaji

No Image
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Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Unknown Role

No Image
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香川良介

Nagasaka Yorihiro

香川良介
Acting

清水将夫

Unknown Role

清水将夫
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戸上城太郎

Murakami Yoshikiyo

戸上城太郎
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南原宏治

Unknown Role

南原宏治
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志村喬

Obu Toramasa

志村喬
Acting

月形龍之介

Kasahara Kiyoshige

月形龍之介
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三代目 中村翫右衛門

Nobukato Itagaki

三代目 中村翫右衛門

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