Three Outlaw Samurai
Original title: Sanbiki no samurai
“One...two...three Samurai filling the giant screen with flashing swordplay”
1964 · 1 h 34 min
Directed by 
Hideo Gosha
Hideo GoshaCast
Tetsurō Tanba Isamu Nagato 
Mikijirô Hira 
Miyuki Kuwano Yoshiko Kayama Kyôko Aoi
Credits
Written by: Keiichi Abe
Plot
Three masterless samurai help peasants who have kidnapped a magistrate's daughter, and are forced to choose between money and justice, in Gosha's debut.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tight and hard-hitting samurai film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (4,517 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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