Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
MovieTitle | この首一万石 |
User score | 9 |
Release date | Apr 21, 1963 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Daisuke Itō |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Company |
Run time | 93 min. |
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.