Legend of the Eight Samurai

Legend of the Eight Samurai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Written byToshio Kamata
Kinji Fukasaku
Produced byHaruki Kadokawa
StarringHiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroyuki Sanada
Sonny Chiba
CinematographySeizō Sengen
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • December 10, 1983 (1983-12-10) (Japan)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Legend of the Eight Samurai (里見八犬伝, Satomi Hakken-den) is a 1983 Japanese historical martial arts fantasy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The script is adapted from Toshio Kamata's 1982 novel Shin Satomi Hakkenden (新・里見八犬伝), itself a loose reworking of the epic serial Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.[1][2]

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  2. ^ "里見八犬伝". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.