Samurai Pirate (1963)
大盗賊
Thrilling, swashbuckling piracy of the samurai
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
- Date of release
- 1963-10-26
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Director
- Senkichi Taniguchi
Casting
- Toshirō Mifune — Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
- Mie Hama — Princess Yaya
- Tadao Nakamaru — The Chancellor
- Kumi Mizuno — Miwa the Rebel Leader
- Ichirō Arishima — Sennin the Wizard
- Hideyo Amamoto — Granny the Witch
- Mitsuko Kusabue — Sobei
- Jun Tazaki — Itaka Tsuzuka of the Imperial Guards
- Akiko Wakabayashi — Yaya's maid
- Jun Funato — Prince Ming of Thailand
- Makoto Satō — The Black Pirate
- Jun'ichirō Mukai — Chief of Imperial Guards
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