待ち伏せ (1970)

Action Drama

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Updated May 10 2020

Releases:

US -

1970-12-18

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Keywords:

ambush samurai sword fight betrayal katana sword samurai sword samurai era double cross ronin inn bandits edo period

FACTS

Runtime: 117 mins Rating: 6.8

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Yohei Kori

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Businessman Yasuaki Shindo

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Itto Ogami

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Ruriko Asaoka

Noriko Sakakita

Ryunosuke Yamazaki

Tatsu

Hiroshi Tanaka

2nd Samurai

Seishirô Kuno