Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi (1945)

English title: The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

A disgraced general is being hunted by his brother the Shogun. The general and his six samurai disguise as monks and go through a mountain path. They are stopped at a control guard post.

Naive tale very much in the line of a folk story. The comic relief is provided by a baggage porter who is played in a very histrionic way. Watchable but a little too primitive for my taste.

Rating: 41

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