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Status
Released
Release
2013
Runtime
47m
"Noble swordsman? Ruthless head collector? The Samurai were both."
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant Masa who is pressganged into the ruthless world of the Samurai.
12 Cast Members
Demetri Goritsas
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Stephen Turnbull
Japanese Historian
Antony Cummins
Martial Arts Historian
Fumon Tanaka
Martial Arts Grandmaster
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Museum Curator
Tsunehiro Kabaya
Masa
Shigeru Inoue
Samurai Araki
Chika Katou
Okyo
Kazuya Tsurui
Tomozo
Yoshiro Murakami
Warlord
Ryo Heitaku
Court Samurai
Hibi Ryouto
Masa's Son
