KURAMA TENGU - Goblins in Stirrups
Directed by: MAKINO Masahiro
Starring: AZUMA Chiyonosuke, MISORA Hibari, TSUKIGATA Ryunosuke
This is the definitive version of the Kurama Tengu legend, a mysterious samurai fighting to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate and bring Japan into a new world.
There was a great Civil War going on in Japan during the same period of time as our War Between The States. The difference is that while this country had a war of secession, as the South tried to remove itself from our federal government; in Japan, however, there was a battle to completely unify the nation under the leadership of the Emperor, and bring power back to the Imperial Government.
Against this backdrop, the lone masked rider known as the Kurama Tengu (Goblin of Mt. Kurama) comes to lend his presence to the Royalist cause.
With pure motives driving him, the samurai known as Kurata dons his mask at night, and like a Japanese 'Zorro', he puts his life on the line to help create a new and better society. Superb filmmaking that brings a view of history to the big screen.
1959 Color Widescreen
Japanese with English subtitles
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