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The Wanderers(股旅)

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Japan · 1973
1h 40m
Director Kon Ichikawa
Starring Ichirō Ogura, Isao Bitō, Kenichi Hagiwara, Reiko Inoue
Genre Drama, Comedy

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three friends in feudal Japan who are ronin: masterless warriors, who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. These are not the YOJIMBO Super Samurai but rather the rank and file, the spear-carriers. The irony is that even though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.

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