1960
5.2 (4 votes)
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Toei Company
The Master Spearman (酒と女と槍)
Overview
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to his family by the Shogun. The film critiques the inhumanity of feudal obligations, and Uchida’s direction slyly satirizes the contemporary cinematic audience, whose taste for onscreen bloodshed is mirrored in a crowd gathering to watch the protagonist’s planned suicide. The Master Spearman is imbued with Uchida’s characteristic blend of dark humor and stylized action, and Ryutaro Otomo gives an admirable performance in the lead.
Key Crew
Director: Tomu Uchida
Screenplay: Masato Ide
Producer: Hiroshi Ookawa
Director of Photography: Motoya Washio
