Hideo Gosha, one of my all-time favourite directors, made a name for himself with his early TV series “Three Outlaw Samurai,” or so I’ve been told. This series led to Gosha’s first film in 1964, a cinematic adaptation of the same series. It seems someone (perhaps Gosha himself) remained quite fond of the series, since in 1970 a new TV version started back up. The only returning cast member was Isamu Nagato, who reprised his role as Sakura Kyojuro, the spear master. The other two members of the “three outlaw samurai” were not only new actors, but new characters as
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