Samurai Banners
風林火山
Synopsis
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
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Toshirō Mifune
Kansuke Yamamoto
Yoshiko Sakuma
Princess Yufu
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Shingen Takeda
Yūjirō Ishihara
Kenshin Uesugi
Katsuo Nakamura
Nobusato Itagaki
Umenosuke Nakamura
Hagiwara Yaemon
Masakazu Tamura
Nobushige Takeda
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Takeda Katsuyori
Ken Ogata
Hatanaka Buhei
Mayumi Ozora
Princess Okoto
Masumi Harukawa
Buhei's wife
Haruko Tōgō
Keiko Sawai
Yoshiko Kuga
Akihiko Hirata
Suwa Yorishige
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Akira Kubo
Ichirō Nakatani
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Screenplay & Story
- Takeo Kunihiro, Shinobu Hashimoto
- Original Score
- Masaru Satō
- Original Title
- 風林火山
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Production Studios
- TOHO, Mifune Productions
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Takeo Kunihiro, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasushi Inoue
Masaru Satō
Kazuo Yamada
Yoshihiro Araki
Toshirō Mifune, Hiroshi Inagaki, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Department Leadership Roster
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Kazuo Yamada
Director of Photography
Yoshihiro Araki
Editor
Toshirō Mifune
Producer
Takeo Kunihiro
Screenplay
Hiroshi Inagaki
Producer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
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Frequently Asked Questions About Samurai Banners
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What is Samurai Banners about?
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
Who directed Samurai Banners?
Samurai Banners was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
Who stars in Samurai Banners?
The principal cast of Samurai Banners includes Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yūjirō Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura.
When was Samurai Banners released and how long is it?
Samurai Banners was released in 1969 with a total runtime of 2h 50m.
Who composed the musical score for Samurai Banners?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Samurai Banners was composed by Masaru Satō.
Is Samurai Banners based on a book or true story?
Samurai Banners is adapted from the following source material: Novel: "Yasushi Inoue".