Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

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.

Director: Daisuke Itō

Cast: Hashizo Ōkawa, Shirō Ōsaka, Shunji Sakai, Kiyoshi Matsukawa, Hajime Nagoya, Heitaro Gori, Hideo Shimada, Kōshirō Harada

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