Princess Shizu
Yakushimaru Hiroko
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Released
9 Dec 1983
Runtime
136 min
Japanese title
里見八犬伝
Satomi Hakkenden
Satomi's Eight Dog Warriors
Satomi Hakkenden
Satomi's Eight Dog Warriors
Source
New Legend of the Eight Samurai
Novel by Kamata Toshio
Novel by Kamata Toshio
Studio
Toei Co., Ltd.
Staff
Director
Fukasaku Kinji
SFX Director
Yajima Nobuo
Producer
Kadokawa Haruki
Screenplay
Kamata Toshio
Fukasaku Kinji
Photography
Sengen Seizô
Art
Imamura Tsutomu
Lighting
Watanabe Mitsuo
Sound
Arakawa Teruhiko
Editor
Ichida Isamu
Music Director
Nobody
Sakuma Masahide
Nanba Hiroyuki
VFX
Nakano Minoru
Cast
Top billed
Inue Shinbei
Sanada Hiroyuki
Inusaka Keno
Shihomi Etsuko
Inumura Daikaku
Terada Minori
Inuzaka Shino
Kyômoto Masaki
Inuta Kobungo
Kariya Shunsuke
Inukawa Sôsuke
Fukuhara Takuya
Inukai Genpachi
Ôba Kenji
Princess Fuse
Matsuzaka Keiko · Voice
Maboroshi-hito
Shioji Akira
Funamushi
Yoneyama Mamako
Yônosuke
Hagiwara Nagare
Hikiroku
Endô Tatsuo
Hikoji
Tonoyama Taiji
Ôta Masaharu
Takayanagi Ryôichi
Ôta Sukemasa
Narita Mikio
Hamaji
Okada Nana
Hikita Gon'nokami
Meguro Yûki
Tamazusa
Natsuki Mari
Inuyama Dosetsu
Chiba Shin'ichi
Supporting
Samurai at Banquet
Ishimaru Kenjirô
Kohagi
Kada Yûko
Magistrate
Sone Harumi
Sugikuraki Sôsuke
Suzuki Mizuho
Home Video
DVD
Legend of the Eight Samurai: The Sonny Chiba Collection
The Sonny Chiba Collection
Box set · 4 films
- Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979)
- G.I. Samurai (1979)
- Ninja Wars (1982)
Blu-ray
Legend of the Eight Samurai
4 special features
- Audio Commentary by Joe Hickinbottom
- Kenta Fukasaku Interview
- "Always Looking for Tomorrow" Featurette
- "The Trials of the Eight Samurai" Documentary