Kiba okaminosuke
Directed by:
Hideo GoshaCast:
夏八木勲, Junko Miyazono, 織本順吉, 遠藤太津朗, Yoshirô Aoki, さとうきょういち, 富永美沙子, Toyoko Takechi, 荒砂ゆき, さとうあやこPlots(1)
Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that’s more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double — and triple-crosses ensue. (Film Movement)
(more)Reviews (1)
Gosha closes the notional circle started by Leone’s admitted remake of Yojimbo, which initiated the creation of the spaghetti western, only for Gosha to be inspired by Leone’s spaghetti western and transfer it to the environment of chanbara in another (not admitted) remake of Yojimbo. Gosha copied the then still rather coarse style of Leone’s debut so closely that it’s not to the movie’s benefit. He is such an original and able director that he doesn’t need to copy anybody else’s style. But it’s hard to blame him when it’s in all its briefness and style straightforwardness so entertaining and visually delightful.
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