A TALE OF ARCHERS AT SANJUSANGEN-DO
Directed by:MIKIO NARUSE
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sensho Ichikawa
The Innkeeper Kinuyo Tanaka raises a boy whose father has committed seppuku after losing the archery competition at Sanjusangendo Temple. She sees to it that the boy is trained in the art of archery, so that he can redeem his father's honor in a contest to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon of eight thousand arrows in a row. Secretly tutored by Karatsu Kanbei, a Samurai and Master Archer, it soon becomes clear that this apparently selfless tutor has several potentially shady ulterior motives.
A "Grand Samurai movie" (Japanese film critic Sadao Yamane). From director Mikio Naruse and filmed during the final months of World War II, shot in Kyoto.
REMASTERED PRINT
1954 Blk/Wht Fullscreen Edition
Japanese Language with English Subtitles
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