Cut the Shadow

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consummated....

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa, Michiko Saga, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Jun'ichirō Narita, Kinshiro Matsumoto, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Chitose Maki, Akiko Inoue

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.